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HB14Introduced in the House

Med Assist;insurance;disability/work Comp

Passed

Introduced by Will Stapp, District 32

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

An Act relating to health care insurance; relating to insurance reimbursement for health care services provided through telehealth; relating to telehealth; relating to workers' compensation coverage for disability from diseases for certain firefighters; repealing programs for catastrophic illness assistance and medical assistance for chronic and acute medical conditions; relating to occupational disability benefits and medical benefits available under the public employees' retirement system; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date of secs. 9 and 10, ch. 38, SLA 2022; and providing for an effective date.

Where it stands

EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

July 16, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House: Concur · May 20, 2026

39

Yes

1

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Jeremy Bynum1Yes
Rebecca Himschoot2Yes
Andrea Story3Yes
Sara Hannan4Yes
Louise Stutes5Yes
Sarah Vance6Yes
Justin Ruffridge7Yes
Bill Elam8Yes
Ky Holland9Yes
Charles Kopp10Yes

Bill history

  1. PREFILE RELEASED 1/10/25

  2. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  3. HSS, FIN

  4. HSS RPT 4DP 1NR

  5. DP: PRAX, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE, MEARS

  6. NR: MINA

  7. FN1: ZERO(DOH)

  8. COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE

  9. FIN RPT 9DP 2NR

  10. DP: BYNUM, JOHNSON, ALLARD, STAPP, TOMASZEWSKI, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, SCHRAGE

  11. NR: HANNAN, JOSEPHSON

  12. FN1: ZERO(DOH)

  13. RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2025

  14. READ THE SECOND TIME

  15. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CALENDAR

  16. READ THE THIRD TIME HB 14

  17. PASSED Y40

  18. TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  19. VERSION: HB 14

  20. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  21. HSS, FIN

  22. HSS RPT 1NR 4DP

  23. NR: DUNBAR

  24. DP: MYERS, CLAMAN, GIESSEL, TOBIN

  25. FN2: ZERO(DOH)

  26. FIN RPT 3DP 3NR

  27. DP: HOFFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK

  28. NR: OLSON, KAUFMAN, KIEHL

  29. FN2: ZERO(DOH)

  30. RULES TO FIRST SUP CALENDAR 5/19/2026

  31. READ THE SECOND TIME

  32. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL

  33. MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR

  34. ENGROSSMENT WAIVED, RULE 43(B)

  35. READ THE THIRD TIME HB 14

  36. RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC

  37. AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y14 N6

  38. AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED

  39. AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC

  40. AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING

  41. PASSED Y19 N1

  42. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  43. TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED

  44. VERSION: HB 14 AM S(EFD ADD S)

  45. CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED

  46. CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP

  47. CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 N1

  48. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  49. TITLE CHANGE: SCR 36

  50. ENGROSSED

  51. MANIFEST ERROR(S)

  52. 2:00 P.M. 6/25/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR

  53. LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 7/13 CHAPTER 57 SLA 26

  54. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

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