Protection from Surgical Smoke

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to, by a specified date, adopt and implement policies requiring the use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures, etc.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 7, 2025SenateFiled
2. Jan 24, 2025CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules · Senate Health Policy
3. Feb 10, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/18/25, 1:45 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Health Policy
4. Feb 18, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Health Policy10–0 vote
5. Feb 19, 2025CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
6. Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroduced
7. Mar 21, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
8. Mar 26, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services10–0 vote
9. Mar 26, 2025CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
10. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
11. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Rules · Senate Rules

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.

• Tracie DavisD Primary sponsor · District 5