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HB4434Introduced in the House

CD CORR-END OF LIFE CARE

EngrossedSenate Assignments

Introduced by Nicolle Grasse, District 53

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the End-of-life Care Peer Support Program. Provides that the program is available to terminally ill persons committed to the Department of Corrections. Provides that the program shall be administered by the Department of Corrections in partnership with certain health care providers. Provides that individual patients may accept or decline care or participation in the program. Provides that individual patients shall define the scope of peer support, including the option to opt out of certain aspects of support. Provides that patient care plans shall be developed with the individual patient, the patient's peer support attendants, and the interdisciplinary team. Provides that participating patients shall be subject to the least restrictive security measures possible, with access to comfort items such as blankets, memorabilia, music, and books. Provides that participating patients shall have the following rights: (1) the right to dignity, privacy, respect, and culturally competent care; (2) the right to request peer support services; (3) the right to refuse services; and (4) the right to request family visitation. Provides that all participants in the program, including patients and peer support attendants, shall have access to grief counseling and mental health care services as needed. Provides that the program shall be funded through: (1) the Individual Benefit Fund; (2) direct appropriations from the General Revenue Fund; and (3) federal appropriations if applicable.

Where it stands

Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura

May 28, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Third Reading · April 16, 2026

72

Yes

33

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

107 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
Yolanda Morris9Yes
Jawaharial Williams10Yes
Ann Williams11Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee

  5. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  6. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan

  11. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  14. Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 010-005-000

  15. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  16. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons

  17. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse

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

  19. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

  20. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  21. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

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

  23. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  24. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa

  25. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  26. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel

  27. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

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

  29. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  30. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee

  31. Second Reading - Short Debate

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

  33. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse

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

  35. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Cochran

  36. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee

  37. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 010-005-000

  38. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  39. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

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

  41. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted

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

  43. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-033-000

  44. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled

  45. Arrive in Senate

  46. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  47. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

  48. First Reading

  49. Referred to Assignments

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

  51. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters

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

  53. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

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

  55. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris III

  56. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III

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

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

  59. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

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

  61. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes

  62. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura

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