HB 751 — establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state, and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
Last action — Pending Motion Committee of Conference Report # 2026-2118c; 06/04/2026; SJ 14
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
Moderate chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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5 sponsors
1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 8 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
In plain language
The bill establishes a committee for substance use disorder facility licensure and allows broader school enrollment for parents.
This bill creates a committee to study the licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities. It also permits parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and introduces a limited exemption from obtaining parental consent for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
What this means for you
- Families: Parents will have more flexibility in enrolling their children in public schools.
Summary
(Second New Title) establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state, and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Amendments
7 amendments- Amendment: #2025-0220h Show changes
- Amendment: #2025-2964h Show changes
- Amendment: #2025-2957h Show changes
- Amendment: #2026-0223s Show changes
- Amendment: #2026-0297s Show changes
- Ought to Pass with Amendment Show changes
- Amendment: #2026-2118c Show changes
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Action History
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Pending Motion Committee of Conference Report # 2026-2118c; 06/04/2026; SJ 14
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Sen. Pearl Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/04/2026; SJ 14
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Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2026-2118c; 06/04/2026
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Conferee Change; Senator Carson Replaces Senator Perkins Kwoka; SJ 14
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Conferee Change: Rep. Osborne Replaces Rep. Balboni 05/28/2026 HJ 14
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Conference Committee Meeting: 05/28/2026 12:30 pm GP 228
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Conferee Change; Senator Perkins Kwoka Replaces Senator Prentiss; SJ 14
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Conference Committee Meeting: 05/27/2026 12:45 pm GP 229
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Conference Committee Meeting: 05/26/2026 02:00 pm GP 231
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Conference Committee Meeting: 05/18/2026 02:00 pm GP 228
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Speaker Appoints: Reps. Noble, Peternel, Erf, Balboni 02/18/2026 HJ 4 P. 77
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President Appoints: Senators Birdsell, Lang, Prentiss; (In Recess 02/05/2026); SJ 4
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Sen. Pearl Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 02/05/2026); SJ 4
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House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-0223s and 2026-0297s and Requests CofC (Reps. W. MacDonald, Weyler): MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 77
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Ought to Pass with Amendment on the Remainder of the Bill and effective date, RC 16Y-8N, MA, OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Ought to Pass with Amendment on Sections 14; 15; and the effective date, RC 24Y-0N, MA, 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Sen. Perkins Kwoka Moved to divide the Question on Ought to Pass with Amendments #2026-0223s and #2026-0297s with the first vote on Sections 14; 15; and the effective date and the second vote on the remainder of the bill; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Sen. Lang Floor Amendment # 2026-0297s, AA; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Remainder of Floor Amendment #2026-0297s; RC 16Y-8N; MA, 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Floor Amendment #2026-0297s Sections 14; 15; and the effective date; RC 24Y-0N; MA, 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Sen. Perkins Kwoka Moved to divide the Question on Floor Amendment #2026-0297s with the first vote on Sections 14; 15; and the effective date and the second vote on the remainder of the amendment; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Sen. Lang Floor Amendment # 2026-0297s; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Committee Amendment # 2026-0223s, AA, VV; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0223s, 01/29/2026, Vote 5-0; SC 3 P. 3
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Hearing: 01/21/2026, Room 103, SH, 01:50 pm; SC 2
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Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 2
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Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2964h: MA DV 350-3 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 31
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Amendment # 2025-2957h: AF DV 161-191 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 31
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Amendment # 2025-2964h (NT): AA DV 186-158 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 30
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Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2957h (NT)
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Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2964h (NT) 10/30/2025 (Vote 14-11; RC) HC 51 P. 37
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Executive Session: 10/30/2025 10:00 am GP 230
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Division III Work Session: 09/29/2025 10:00 am GP 230
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Retained in Committee
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Executive Session: 04/01/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
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Division III Work Session: 03/17/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
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Referred to Finance 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 66
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Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0220h: MA RC 216-152 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 64
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Amendment # 2025-0220h (NT): AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 63
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Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0220h (NT) 02/12/2025 (Vote 12-6; RC) HC 14 P. 24
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Executive Session: 02/05/2025 10:30 am LOB 210-211
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Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 10:30 am LOB 210-211
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Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 26
Sponsors
- Pat Long · Cosponsor
- Jodi Newell · Cosponsor
- Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien · Cosponsor
- Mark McLean · Primary
- Kathleen Paquette · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 410 not signed on · 7 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Mark McLean Republican
Co-sponsors (4)
- Pat Long Democrat Voted No
- Jodi Newell Democrat
- Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican
- Kathleen Paquette Republican
Not signed on (410)
410 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 410 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (23)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Yea |
| David Watters | Democrat | Yea |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Yea |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Yea |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Yea |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Yea |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 65% | 35% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (23)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Nay |
| David Watters | Democrat | Nay |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Nay |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Nay |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Nay |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (23)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Yea |
| David Watters | Democrat | Yea |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Yea |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Yea |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Yea |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Yea |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 65% | 35% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (23)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Nay |
| David Watters | Democrat | Nay |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Nay |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Nay |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Nay |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 33% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (24)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Nay |
| David Watters | Democrat | Nay |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Nay |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Nay |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Nay |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Regina Birdsell | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (24)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Yea |
| David Watters | Democrat | Yea |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Yea |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Yea |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Yea |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Yea |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Regina Birdsell | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (24)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Yea |
| David Watters | Democrat | Yea |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Yea |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Yea |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Yea |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Yea |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Regina Birdsell | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 33% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (24)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Nay |
| David Watters | Democrat | Nay |
| Debra Altschiller | Democrat | Nay |
| Donovan Fenton | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Nay |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Democrat | Nay |
| Tara Reardon | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Gannon | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Innis | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Abbas | Republican | Yea |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Denise Ricciardi | Republican | Yea |
| Howard Pearl | Republican | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Avard | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Yea |
| Regina Birdsell | Republican | Yea |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy Lang | Republican | Yea |
| Victoria Sullivan | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 751 do?
- (Second New Title) establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state, and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
- Who sponsors HB 751?
- HB 751 is sponsored by Pat Long (Democrat), Jodi Newell (Democrat), Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien (Republican), Mark McLean (Republican), and Kathleen Paquette (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 751?
- This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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