AB204Introduced in the Assembly
Revises provisions relating to medical debt. (BDR 52-135)
Introduced by Max Carter, District 12
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to medical debt; prohibiting certain actions by certain entities that provide health care and collection agencies to collect a medical debt; providing requirements for engaging in extraordinary collection actions to collect a medical debt; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Vetoed by the Governor.
June 10, 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 · June 2, 2025
12
Yes
8
No
1
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 | No |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Absent |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Read first time.
To printer.
From printer. To committee.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 444.)
Taken from General File.
Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 798.) To printer.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 808.) To printer.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 14.) To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 951.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Fourth reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Senate Amendment No. 951 concurred in. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Vetoed by the Governor.
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