2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2539

Independent flight control authority; provide during flu season when ICU capacity is below 10% at any time for burn victims.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY FOR INDEPENDENT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO DIRECT AIR TRAFFIC FROM OR INTO ANY HOSPITAL WITHIN THE STATE DURING CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, DETERMINES THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS WITH REGARD TO HOSPITAL BED AVAILABILITY DURING INFLUENZA SEASON OR DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A BURN VICTIM, AND THAT ANY DELAY ASSOCIATED WITH A LACK OF INDEPENDENT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO EFFECTUATE NECESSARY TRANSFERS WOULD THREATEN THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF ANY PERSON, THEN THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, SHALL HAVE GENERAL OR SPECIFIC AUTHORITY TO DIRECT AIR TRAFFIC EACH YEAR FROM OCTOBER 1 THROUGH MARCH 1 OR DURING ANY PERIOD DESIGNATED AS INFLUENZA SEASON WHEN ICU BED CAPACITY FALLS BELOW 10%, AND SHALL HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY AT ANY TIME WITH REGARD TO BURN VICTIMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 19 – Feb 3

Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate