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SB578Introduced in the Senate

Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)

Failed

Introduced by Eric Wimberger, District 2

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act to renumber and amend 50.06 (1) and 50.06 (4); to amend 50.06 (2) (b), 50.06 (2) (c), 50.06 (5) (a) (intro.), 50.06 (5) (b), 50.06 (6), 50.06 (7), 50.08 (1) (b) and 154.225 (1) (c); to create 50.06 (1) (a), 50.06 (1) (b), 50.06 (1) (d), 50.06 (4) (b), 50.06 (4) (c), 50.06 (5) (am), 50.06 (5) (ar), 50.06 (8), 54.36 (1m), 54.50 (3) (cm), 59.42 (4) and 146.82 (2) (a) 7m. of the statutes; Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)

Where it stands

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

March 23, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Public hearing held

  4. Executive action taken

  5. Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  6. Available for scheduling

  7. Representative Moses added as a cosponsor

  8. Fiscal estimate received

  9. Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a cosponsor

  10. Representative Roe withdrawn as a cosponsor

  11. Representative Prado withdrawn as a cosponsor

  12. Representative Johnson withdrawn as a cosponsor

  13. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger

  14. Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wimberger

  15. Representative Stroud withdrawn as a cosponsor

  16. Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a cosponsor

  17. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  18. Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  19. Senator Smith added as a coauthor

  20. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  21. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  22. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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