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Senate amends hospital workplace‑violence reporting bill, restores current sunset language
Summary
Senators amended H.B. 380 on the floor to change a sunset/repeal year from 2032 back to 2027, keeping the bill focused on reporting requirements and protections against retaliation; the amended measure was read for a third time and recorded with unanimous ayes in the roll call shown.
The Senate amended and advanced H.B. 380 on Jan. 26, 2026, a bill sponsored by Sen. Plumb that requires hospitals to track and report incidents of workplace violence and includes protections against retaliation for reporters.
Why it matters: Hospital staff and health care workers have raised concerns about workplace violence; the Senate kept the bill’s core reporting and anti‑retaliation provisions while adopting a floor amendment to restore the earlier sunset date…
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