AB161Introduced in the Assembly
Makes revisions relating to hospice care. (BDR 40-656)
Introduced by Rebecca Edgeworth, District 35
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to hospice care; requiring a program of hospice care to obtain informed consent to treatment and provide certain notice to patients or their representatives; providing that patients of a program for hospice care have a right to certain care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 232.
June 3, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · May 23, 2025
20
Yes
1
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | Yes |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Yes |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | Yes |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
From printer.
Read first time. To committee.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 184.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.)
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 633.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Senate Amendment No. 633 concurred in. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 232.
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