AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS -- THE NEIL FACHON TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS' RIGHT TO TRY ACT OF 2020 (Creates the "Neil Fachon Terminally Ill Patients' Right To Try Act of 2020," which establishes the conditions for the use of experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2020
Last action Mar 5, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2020
How they voted
62–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 66
Mar 5, 2020
D
Democratic58
93% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
03/05/2020 House read and passed
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Legislature · Passed
02/26/2020 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 12, 2020
Legislature · Passed
02/12/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 23, 2020
Introduced
01/23/2020 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Blake A. Filippi
RRepublican
P
Joe Shekarchi
DDemocratic
P
Joseph McNamara
DDemocratic
P
Mike Chippendale
RRepublican
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