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Affirming And Supporting The Requirement That Hospitals Provide Life-saving Emergency Care To Pregnant People, Including Reproductive And Abortion Services, When Such Care Is Medically Necessary To Stabilize A Patient Under The Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act.

Last status update Apr 27, 2026

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Affirming And Supporting The Requirement That Hospitals Provide Life-saving Emergency Care To Pregnant People, Including Reproductive And Abortion Services, When Such Care Is Medically Necessary To Stabilize A Patient Under The Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act.

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Legislative path

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  1. Introduced

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Decision stages

  1. Health and Human Services (HHS) on the introduced draft: Passed, unamended

    3 aye · 1 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  2. House HLT committee on the introduced draft: Passed, unamended

    5 aye · 2 no · 2 excused

  3. House floor on the introduced draft: Passed

    42 aye · 8 no · 1 excused

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House members along the path

35 more House members only counted as floor ayes

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

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Legislative history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to HHS.

  3. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-30-26 1:07PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  4. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole.

  5. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3494) with recommendation of adoption.

  6. One Day Notice 04-09-26.

  7. Report and Resolution Adopted. Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) DeCorte, Fevella). Transmitted to House.

  8. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 439).

  9. Referred to HLT, referral sheet 27

  10. Resolution scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 04-23-26 8:45AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  11. The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Marten, Olds.

  12. Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2248-26), recommending adoption.

  13. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1).

  14. Transmitted to Senate.

  15. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 825).

  16. Resolution adopted in final form.

  17. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

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