Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2676
Intimate medical examinations; establish requirements related to those of patients who are sedated, anesthetized or unconscious.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL OR STUDENT MAY NOT PERFORM OR SUPERVISE THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY INTIMATE EXAMINATION ON A PATIENT WHO IS SEDATED, ANESTHETIZED OR UNCONSCIOUS ABSENT SPECIFIC WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT, INFORMED CONSENT OR CERTAIN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPECIFIC WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT TO PERFORM AN INTIMATE EXAMINATION ON SUCH A PATIENT; TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION FOLLOWING AN INTIMATE EXAMINATION; TO PROVIDE THAT VIOLATIONS CONSTITUTE UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINE AND SUBJECT SUCH VIOLATOR TO DISCIPLINE BY THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING BOARD OR MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate