2026 Regular Session
SB411
Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards, to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee, and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring each clinical staffing committee to finalize a clinical staffing plan; requiring, by July 1, 2028, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 10, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
42 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
97 yea–34 nay · 9 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
April 11, 2026 · House
Rules and Executive Nominations
April 11, 2026 · House
Health
January 29, 2026 · Senate
Finance
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235
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Senate Returned Passed
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House Third Reading Passed (97-34) View roll call
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House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed View roll call
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House Favorable Report by Health
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House Rereferred to Health
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House Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
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Senate Third Reading Passed (42-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {353621/1 Adopted View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
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Senate Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate First Reading Finance