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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 1007

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Relating to: right of health care providers to express professional opinions related to health or medical information or guidance.

Discrimination in employment Discrimination in housing Hospitals and health care facilities Medical service — Occupations Medicine Physician

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill establishes a right of health care providers to express their

professional opinions related to health or medical information or guidance, including

any statements, policies, studies, publications, or orders. The bill prohibits any

health care entity from retaliating against, discriminating against, or taking

adverse action against a health care provider for expressing his or her professional

opinions. Further, the bill prohibits any examining board or affiliated credentialing

board in the Department of Safety and Professional Services from retaliating

against, discriminating against, or taking adverse action against, or denying,

suspending, limiting, or revoking a credential to, a health care provider for

expressing his or her professional opinions.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Moses (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Sortwell (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wichgers (R)

1 cosponsors

Nass (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 22, 2022 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 60–36 Feb 23, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 60

Not voting · 1

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 3, 2022 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Sortwell, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Horlacher, James, Rozar, Schraa, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Nass

  2. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Constitution and Ethics

  3. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  6. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 9:21 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  8. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 60, Noes 36, Paired 2

  9. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  11. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  15. Mar 1, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  16. Mar 3, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Mar 3, 2022 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  18. Mar 3, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Referred to committee on Senate Organization

  21. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1