Addressing home care workforce shortages.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Jan 31, 2023
Signed May 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 6, 2023 · House Mar 2, 2023
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Apr 6, 2023
D
Democratic29
96% Yea
R
Republican20
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
16
Committee
11
May 11, 2023
Signed into law
Governor signed.
executive
Apr 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Apr 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments.
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-0-2)
senate
Mar 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
upper
Mar 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
upper
Mar 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
upper
Mar 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
lower
Feb 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
lower
Feb 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to Appropriations.
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Emily Alvarado
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Lekanoff
DDemocratic
Co
Frank Chopp
DDemocratic
Co
Gerry Pollet
DDemocratic
Co
Jamila Taylor
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Fitzgibbon
DDemocratic
Co
Julia Reed
DDemocratic
Co
Lillian Ortiz-Self
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Callan
DDemocratic
Co
Liz Berry
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Riccelli
DDemocratic
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