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SB2968Introduced in the Senate

Relating To Employment.

IntroducedSenate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Introduced by Angus McKelvey, District 6

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requires hotelkeepers to supply and provide annual training on the proper use and limitations of a panic button to certain workers no later than 1/1/2027. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)

Where it stands

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.

February 18, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Labor and Technology: Passed, With Amendments · February 11, 2026

4

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Les Ihara10Absent
Sharon Moriwaki12Yes
Brandon Elefante16Yes
Rachele Fernandez Lamosao19Yes
Kurt Fevella20Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to LBT, CPN.

  4. The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on LBT deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 3:01PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

  6. Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.

  7. The committee(s) on LBT has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-11-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  8. The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

  9. Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2321) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

  10. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.

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