HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to visitation by members of the clergy of patients and residents at certain licensed health facilities during public health emergencies (Items #28 and 59)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2020
Committee Review
Oct 2020
House Passage
Oct 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 12, 2020
Last action Oct 14, 2020
Floor votes · House Oct 14, 2020
How they voted
80–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 86
Oct 14, 2020
D
Democratic30
83% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican55
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Oct 14, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
Oct 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Oct 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 33 reported by the Committee on Health and Welfare (15-0).
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick Edmonds
RRepublican
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