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SB 91 — AN ACT relating to surgical smoke evacuation.
Last action — to Health and Family Services (H)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
6 added · 6 removed6 line(s) added, 6 removed.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRSB 47091/GA AN ACT relating to surgical smoke evacuation.
(1) Any person who, in willful violation of this chapter, operates a health facility or abortion facility without first obtaining a license or continues to operate a health facility or abortion facility after a final decision suspending or revoking a license shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than ten thousand Page 1 of 3 BR047000.100SB009110.100 - 470 - XXXX JacketedGA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRSB 47091/GA dollars ($10,000) for each violation.
In addition, any violation of any provision of this chapter regarding abortion facilities or any administrative regulation related thereto by intent, fraud, deceit, unlawful design, willful and deliberate misrepresentation, or by careless, negligent, or incautious disregard for the statute or administrative regulation, either by persons acting individually or in concert with others, shall Page 2 of 3 BR047000.100SB009110.100 - 470 - XXXX JacketedGA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRSB 47091/GA constitute a violation and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense.
Page 3 of 3 BR047000.100SB009110.100 - 470 - XXXX JacketedGA
Compared against the Kentucky Revised Statutes as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.
The bill adds penalties for violations related to surgical smoke evacuation systems in health facilities.
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KRS 216B.990
Any health facility acting by or through its agents or employees that violates any provision of Section 1 of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.
Imposes a fine for violations of the new smoke evacuation system requirement.
Action History
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to Health and Family Services (H)
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received in House
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3rd reading, passed 32-0
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posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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2nd reading, to Rules
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reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
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to Health & Welfare (S)
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introduced in Senate
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (138)
138 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 138 →"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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 84% | 0% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (38)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alvarado | — | Yea |
| Meredith | — | Yea |
| Thayer | — | Yea |
| Harris | — | Yea |
| Thomas | — | Yea |
| Carroll D | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Hornback | — | Yea |
| Nemes | — | Yea |
| Castlen | — | Yea |
| Humphries | — | Yea |
| Clark | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Westerfield | — | Yea |
| Schroder | — | Yea |
| McGarvey | — | Yea |
| Buford | — | Not Voting |
| Parrett | — | Not Voting |
| Embry | — | Not Voting |
| Schickel | — | Not Voting |
| Harper Angel | — | Yea |
| Miller J | — | Yea |
| Gerald A. Neal | Democrat | Yea |
| Brandon Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Christian McDaniel | Republican | Yea |
| David P. Givens | Republican | Yea |
| Jared Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Jimmy Higdon | Republican | Yea |
| Julie Raque Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Max Wise | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Wilson | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Girdler | Republican | Yea |
| Robby Mills | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Stivers | Republican | Yea |
| Robin L. Webb | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen West | Republican | Yea |
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