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Committee advances SB 174 to expand health‑care conscience protections; 8‑3 vote
Summary
The committee advanced SB 174 (substitute 4) to expand conscience protections for health‑care providers while including notice requirements and emergency exceptions; the substitute passed 8–3 after sponsor, legal scholar and public testimony for and against.
The House Health & Human Services Committee voted to favorably recommend Senate Bill 174 as substituted by an 8–3 roll call after extended testimony from the sponsor, legal experts and public commenters.
Senator Stratton, the bill sponsor, framed SB 174 as a narrowly targeted measure to close perceived gaps in state protection for health‑care providers who raise conscience objections. "What we're trying to do here is very intentionally and surgically ... address a concern, a gap in our landscape, religious liberty, and freedom," he said.
Supporters including Bill Duncan of the Sutherland Institute and law professor Robin…
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