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SB 1570Requires hospitals to have policies and procedures in place that address how the hospital will respond if a law enforcement authority arrives at the hospital and to designate which areas of the hospital are not open to the public.

Congress · introduced 2026-01-16

Digest: Limits when a hospital may share certain info. Tells a hospital to assign which areas of the hospital are not open to the public. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2). [<i>Prohibits a hospital from disclosing for purposes of law enforcement individually identifiable health information or information concerning a person's citizenship or immigration status unless disclosure is required by state or federal law or court order or for ensuring continuity of care.</i>] Requires [<i>a hospital</i>] <b>hospitals to have policies and procedures in place that address how the hospital will respond if a law enforcement authority arrives at the hospital and</b> to designate which areas of the hospital are not open to the public. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for a hospital or federally qualified health center to retaliate or take disciplinary action against an employee for distributing informational or educational materials concerning immigration rights and legal services. Allows an employee alleging a violation to file a complaint with the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Requires hospitals and federally qualified health centers to treat information concerning a person's citizenship or immigration status or a person's country of birth in the same manner as protected health information. <b>Prohibits hospitals and federally qualified health centers from disclosing for the purpose of law enforcement information concerning a person's citizenship or immigration status or a person's country of birth unless disclosure is required by state or federal law or an order of a court.</b> Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · state_upper Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
  2. · state_upper Referred to Health Care.
  3. · state_upper Public Hearing Scheduled.
  4. · state_upper Public Hearing held.
  5. · state_upper Work Session held.
  6. · state_upper Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
  7. · state_upper Second reading.
  8. · state_upper Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed.
  9. · state_lower First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  10. · state_lower Referred to Rules.
  11. · state_lower Public Hearing and Work Session held.
  12. · state_lower Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
  13. · state_lower Second reading.
  14. · state_lower Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed.
  15. · state_upper Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
  16. · state_upper President signed.
  17. · state_lower Speaker signed.
  18. · state_upper Governor signed.
  19. · state_upper Chapter 93, 2026 Laws.
  20. · state_upper Effective date, June 5, 2026.

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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19)sponsor05
2Broadman, Anthony (D, state_upper OR-27)sponsor05
3Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18)sponsor05
4Chaichi, Farrah (D, state_lower OR-35)sponsor05
5Gelser Blouin, Sara (D, state_upper OR-8)sponsor05
6Gorsek, Chris (D, state_upper OR-25)sponsor05
7Grayber, Dacia (D, state_lower OR-28)sponsor05
8Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10)sponsor05
9Reynolds, Lisa (D, state_upper OR-17)sponsor05
10Rieke Smith, Sue (D, state_lower OR-26)sponsor05
11Ruiz, Ricki (D, state_lower OR-50)sponsor05
12Valderrama, Andrea (D, state_lower OR-47)sponsor05
13Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46)cosponsor01
14Fragala, Lisa (D, state_lower OR-8)cosponsor01
15Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22)cosponsor01
16Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41)cosponsor01
17Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3)cosponsor01
18Kropf, Jason (D, state_lower OR-54)cosponsor01
19Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7)cosponsor01
20McDonald , Sarah (D, state_lower OR-16)cosponsor01
21Neron Misslin, Courtney (D, state_upper OR-13)cosponsor01
22Pham, Khanh (D, state_upper OR-23)cosponsor01
23Prozanski, Floyd (D, state_upper OR-4)cosponsor01
24Sollman, Janeen (D, state_upper OR-15)cosponsor01
25Sosa, Nathan (D, state_lower OR-30)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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