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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 305

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Relating to: grants for language interpretation in health care settings. (FE)

Health services, department of — Administration Hospitals and health care facilities Minority groups

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to create a grant program

for language interpretation services provided in medical clinics and hospitals that

are located in rural areas or that serve medically underserved populations.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Billings (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Nerison (R) , Petryk (R) , Ripp (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Tauchen (R) , Tittl (R) , VanderMeer (R)

3 cosponsors

Petrowski (R) , Vinehout (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Oct 24, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Oct 24, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 91–4 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

Aye · 91

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. May 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Tauchen, Ballweg, Billings, E. Brooks, Edming, Felzkowski, Kulp, Mursau, Ripp, Petryk, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Tittl, Nerison and Rodriguez; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Vinehout and Wanggaard

  2. May 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health

  3. May 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Sep 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Oct 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative VanderMeer

  8. Oct 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  11. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  12. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:06 PM on 2-20-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26

  13. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 91, Noes 4

  18. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Mar 13, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services

  21. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1