Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 34
Requires the Department of Human Services to study the information that a long term care facility must disclose about its owners and operators and the feasibility of implementing an online portal to collect and share information about long term care facilities with the public.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
<b>Digest: The Act makes changes to laws about the persons that own and operate long term care facilities. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells ODHS to study long term care. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0).</i>] Requires the Department of Human Services to study [<i>long term care</i>]<b> the information that a long term care facility must disclose about its owners and operators and the feasibility of implementing an online portal to collect and share information about long term care facilities with the public</b>. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than [<i>September 15, 2026</i>]<b> December 31, 2025</b>. Sunsets <b>the study requirements</b> on January 2, 2027. <b>Requires a long term care facility, before the facility may change its owner or operator, to apply to the department for approval and provide notice to residents. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
Its course
January 13 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 7 days
In the SenateJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days
Human ServicesJan 17 to Apr 1891 days
Ways and MeansApr 18 to Jun 27 · stopped70 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 18
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 13 – Jun 27
- Jan 13Introduced
- Jan 17Sent to Human Services
- Mar 11Heard in Human Services
- Apr 3Heard in Human Services
- Apr 9Heard in Human Services
- Apr 18Human Services recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
- Sent to Ways and Means
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 8 actions, as published
- Jan 13Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- Jan 17Referred to Human Services.Senate
- Mar 11Public Hearing held.Senate
- Apr 3Work Session held.Senate
- Apr 9Work Session held.Senate
- Apr 18Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
- Apr 18Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate