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Senate committee advances Bill 232 with amendment requiring reporting on conscience claims by health-care employees
Summary
A Senate committee voted 3–1 to advance Bill 232 as amended, which adds a requirement that health-care employers provide written notice of federal conscience-accommodation rights and that the attorney general report annual complaint counts, with the first report due Jan. 1, 2028.
A Senate committee voted to advance Bill 232 as amended after members approved a reporting-focused amendment that would require health-care employers to notify staff of federal conscience-accommodation rights and require annual reporting to the attorney general.
Senator Bartell, who explained the amendment, said it “gives a right of conscience for medical professions in the case of abortions” and described the change as a…
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