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Votes at a glance: bills advanced by Senate committees on March 25, 2026

Senate Committees on Health & Human Services; Labor & Technology; Education · March 26, 2026

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Summary

Senate committees advanced and passed several measures on March 25, setting defective/effective dates and adopting committee amendments; key items include HB 15‑41 (DOH exempt positions) and HB 17‑82 (AI protections for minors).

The joint sessions and committee calendars on March 25 resulted in committee votes and recommendations on multiple bills. Below are outcomes recorded in the hearing transcript.

- HB 15‑41 (Department of Health): Committee recommended passage with amendments and set a defective date of Jan. 1, 2050; committee adopted the recommendation (committee asked HGEA to propose language to move positions into civil service by conference).

- HB 23‑15 (state employee benefits): Committee recommended passage with one amendment (change defective date to effective upon approval) and adopted the recommendation.

- HB 17‑82 (AI protections for minors, HD3): Committee accepted and adopted proposed amendments from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Protection, the Attorney General’s Office, Charter Communications and CTIA; committee set a defective date of Jan. 1, 2077 and passed the measure with amendments.

- HB 15‑74 (health‑care education loan repayment): Committee passed the measure with amendments and set a defective date of July 31, 2055 (committee recorded multiple supporting written testimonies).

- HB 18‑94 (Braille instruction): Committee passed with amendments and set a defective date of July 31, 2055.

- HB 21‑59 (health care workforce development): Committee passed the measure with amendments; appropriation and number of positions were left blank in the bill text in committee notes.

- HHS‑only calendar items (examples): HB 469 (parking for disabled persons), HB 2488 (DCAB-related amendments), HB 2009 (caregiver support) and others were recommended to pass with amendments; the committee frequently noted written testimony and required technical or clarifying language.

Notes: transcript records many committee votes and chair recommendations but does not always include full roll‑call tallies; several measures were advanced with blank appropriations or defective dates to be fixed in subsequent actions.