Bills by subject

Hospitals and health care facilities

51 bills and resolutions. 7 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 23 never got a public hearing. All are from the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 673 Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 417 Visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient during a communicable disease outbreak.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 969 The drug repository program.
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
AB 1168 Medical debt abolition and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 8, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 51

Mar 23, 2026
AB 11: Pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 62: Health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Sep 9, 2025
AB 257: Advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 261: Certification of surgical technologists.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 353: Price transparency in hospitals, restricting certain debt collection actions against patients, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 381: Perimenopause and menopause education. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 382: Requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 407: Reporting of sex and fetal anomaly following induced abortion.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 418: Visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient during a communicable disease outbreak.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 563: Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 20, 2026
AB 598: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 664: Serving margarine as a substitute for butter in certain circumstances.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
May 13, 2026
AB 673: Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 794: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 819: Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 821: Forensic examinations done on a crime victim to gather evidence, modifying administrative rules relating to reimbursement for forensic examinations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 905: Threats to health care providers and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 969: The drug repository program.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 988: Video recording of surgical procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1085: Reimbursement for doula services under the Medical Assistance program, doulas accompanying Medical Assistance recipients in hospitals and birthing centers, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1088: Postpartum home visits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1110: Fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1125: Disrupting access to a reproductive health service facility or place of religious worship and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1146: Minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered nurses, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 8, 2026
AB 1168: Medical debt abolition and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Aug 11, 2025
SB 14: Pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 50: Health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 258: Advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 260: Certification of surgical technologists.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 356: Perimenopause and menopause education. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 383: Price transparency in hospitals, restricting certain debt collection actions against patients, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 384: Requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 406: Reporting of sex and fetal anomaly following induced abortion.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 417: Visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient during a communicable disease outbreak.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 442: Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 578: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 645: Serving margarine as a substitute for butter in certain circumstances.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 649: Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 768: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 822: Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 844: Forensic examinations done on a crime victim to gather evidence, modifying administrative rules relating to reimbursement for forensic examinations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 897: Threats to health care providers and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 987: The drug repository program.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1087: Disrupting access to a reproductive health service facility or place of religious worship and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1101: Postpartum home visits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1108: Reimbursement for doula services under the Medical Assistance program, doulas accompanying Medical Assistance recipients in hospitals and birthing centers, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1115: Minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered nurses, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1127: Fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 8, 2026
SB 1132: Medical debt abolition and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject