FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURESB 254 /a

SECOND SESSION, 2026

February 9, 2026

Mr. President:

    Your HEALTH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 254

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

         1. On page 1, lines 16 and 17, strike "Two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "six million dollars ($6,000,000)".

and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.

                               Respectfully submitted,

                               ___________________________________

                               Senator LINDA M. LOPEZ, Chair

Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________

          (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

                  Date ________________________

The roll call vote was 7 For 2 Against

Yes:      Block, Gallegos, López, Nava, Pinto, Pope, Wilson

No:       Charley, Scott

Excused: Hickey

Absent:   None

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