Relating to preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and utilization review for certain health benefit plans.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 22, 2021
Signed Jun 18, 2021
Floor votes · House May 7, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
58
Key actions
15
Committee
13
Amendments
8
May 28, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 28, 2021
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 28, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 25, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 25, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 23, 2021
Introduced
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
May 22, 2021
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
May 11, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 10, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DB
Dawn Buckingham
RRepublican
P
Greg Bonnen
RRepublican
Co
Penny Morales Shaw
DDemocratic
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