HB1489
Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Kathy Tran (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements.
Expands the reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence in hospitals with an emergency department by requiring additional descriptors of incidents, requiring hospitals to report collected data to additional parties, and directing the Department of Health to publish a report containing an annual summary of such data. The bill directs ... (More) the Board of Health to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2027, and directs the Department of Health to publish its first report by December 31, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/23/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26105576D
- 01/23/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/29/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/16/2026 - House: Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/09/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1489ER)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
