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HB1598Introduced in the House

OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT

EngrossedSenate Assignments

Introduced by Barbara Hernandez, District 50

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2027 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an individual from performing surgical technology services if the individual is acting within the scope of the individual's license or registration or is a student or intern under the direct supervision of a licensed health care provider.

Where it stands

Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons

May 21, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: Third Reading in House · April 10, 2025

73

Yes

35

No

6

Absent or Not Voting

114 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
Aaron Ortiz1Yes
Elizabeth Hernandez2Yes
Eva Dina Delgado3Yes
Lilian Jimenez4Yes
Kimberly Du Buclet5Yes
Sonya Harper6Yes
Emanuel Welch7Yes
LaShawn Ford8Yes
Yolanda Morris9Not Voting
Jawaharial Williams10Not Voting

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  2. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts

  3. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

  4. First Reading

  5. Referred to Rules Committee

  6. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  7. Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan

  15. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

  16. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  18. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.

  19. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  20. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  21. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

  22. Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-005-000

  23. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  24. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  25. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  26. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee

  27. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch

  28. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  29. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  30. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca

  31. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee

  32. Second Reading - Short Debate

  33. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  34. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  35. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart

  36. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-005-000

  37. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

  38. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted

  39. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  40. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-035-000

  41. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled

  42. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  43. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris

  44. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper

  45. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis

  46. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet

  47. Arrive in Senate

  48. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  49. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro

  50. First Reading

  51. Referred to Assignments

  52. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  53. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

  54. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

  55. Sponsor Removed Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

  56. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  57. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

  58. Assigned to Licensed Activities

  59. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  60. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes

  61. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker

  62. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine

  63. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

  64. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy

  65. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston

  66. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025

  67. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt

  68. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

  69. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025

  70. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán

  71. Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  72. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

  73. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose

  74. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons

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