June 29 – June 30, 2026

Bills voted on Third Consideration

SB 1133 (FARRY) Amends the Pharmacy Act to add one pharmacy technician and one additional acute care institutional pharmacist to the State Board of Pharmacy. Limits the pharmacy technician board member to one six-year term and all other board members to two consecutive terms. PASSED 50-0.

SB 1303 (MARTIN) Creates a freestanding act to require the Department of General Services, in coordination with the Moose organization, to select and prepare a site in the East Wing of the State Capitol Building for the placement of a braille flag monument that includes the Pledge of Allegiance written in braille. PASSED 50-0.

Bills amended on Third Consideration

SB 1372 (BROOKS) Amends the Human Services Code by directing the Department of Human Services to prepare and make public on its website an annual report summarizing inspection, investigation and enforcement activities relating to child care centers, group child care homes, family child care homes, and child residential and day treatment facilities regulated by the Department. OVER AS AMENDED.

A04061 (BROOKS) Requires the Department to provide a copy of each aggregate State Improper Payments Report and State Improper Payments Corrective Action Plan it submits to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Error Rate Reporting. Requires the report to include a summary of annual subsidized child care payments administered by the Department, aggregate verification activities, improper payments identified, and amounts recouped. ADOPTED 50-0.

A03918 (LAUGHLIN) Requires child care centers and family child care homes to manually test all fire detection devices or systems once a month rather than once every 30 days. ADOPTED 50-0.

A03857 (FONTANA) Requires the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in every child care facility in which a fossil-fuel burning heater or appliance, fireplace, or an attached garage is located. ADOPTED 50-0.

SB 1182 (YAW) Amends the Board of Vehicles Act with comprehensive updates. Removes requirement that the new vehicle dealer hold a franchise with a manufacturer or distributor giving the dealer selling rights for that particular line/make or new vehicles, trailers or semitrailers and who is a distributor or holds a franchise with a manufacturer or distributor. Requires the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespersons to deny any application that would allow a manufacturer, or any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or any other person affiliated with the manufacturer or distributor, to maintain an ownership interest, operate, or control a vehicle dealer, unless the applicant qualifies for restricted ownership. Sets dealer compensation at the retail rate for dealer furnished labor, parts, and materials under warranty, extended warranty, certified preowned warranty, manufacturer-sponsored maintenance program, manufacturer-directed component installation or assembly, parts exchange program, predelivery preparation, diagnostic work, or a service contract issued by a manufacturer or distributor or its common entity. Expands parts compensation to include electric vehicle batteries. Changes the calculations for a dealer’s hourly labor retail rate. Expands the list of entities required to be licensed and prohibited from coercive acts to include a subsidiary, affiliate, and controlled entity. Permits a dealer to purchase or lease signs or other similar franchisor image elements without violating intellectual property rights or trademarks of a manufacturer or distributor. Changes the process and timeframe for the sale or relocation of a franchise. Prohibits the sale or activation for a fee by remote or over-the-air means for any permanent or temporary motor vehicle accessory, option, add-on, feature, improvement, or upgrade to any vehicle owned or leased in the Commonwealth unless certain conditions are met. Requires a manufacturer or distributor to reimburse a dealer in full for the actual cost, including taxes and fees, of providing a loaner or rental vehicle to any customer having a vehicle serviced at a dealership as required by a manufacturer. Expands restrictions on dealership ownership to include a factory branch, subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity of a manufacturer or distributor or a representative of such. Provides for consumer data protection. OVER AS AMENDED.

A04039 (YAW) Limits what data manufacturers and distributors can collect from dealers. Modifies consumer disclosure requirements. ADOPTED 50-0.

Bills voted on Third Consideration

SB 1182 (YAW) Amends the Board of Vehicles Act with comprehensive updates. Removes requirement that the new vehicle dealer hold a franchise with a manufacturer or distributor giving the dealer selling rights for that particular line/make or new vehicles, trailers or semitrailers and who is a distributor or holds a franchise with a manufacturer or distributor. Requires the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespersons to deny any application that would allow a manufacturer, or any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or any other person affiliated with the manufacturer or distributor, to maintain an ownership interest, operate, or control a vehicle dealer, unless the applicant qualifies for restricted ownership. Sets dealer compensation at the retail rate for dealer furnished labor, parts, and materials under warranty, extended warranty, certified preowned warranty, manufacturer-sponsored maintenance program, manufacturer-directed component installation or assembly, parts exchange program, predelivery preparation, diagnostic work, or a service contract issued by a manufacturer or distributor or its common entity. Expands parts compensation to include electric vehicle batteries. Changes the calculations for a dealer’s hourly labor retail rate. Expands the list of entities required to be licensed and prohibited from coercive acts to include a subsidiary, affiliate, and controlled entity. Permits a dealer to purchase or lease signs or other similar franchisor image elements without violating intellectual property rights or trademarks of a manufacturer or distributor. Changes the process and timeframe for the sale or relocation of a franchise. Prohibits the sale or activation for a fee by remote or over-the-air means for any permanent or temporary motor vehicle accessory, option, add-on, feature, improvement, or upgrade to any vehicle owned or leased in the Commonwealth unless certain conditions are met. Requires a manufacturer or distributor to reimburse a dealer in full for the actual cost, including taxes and fees, of providing a loaner or rental vehicle to any customer having a vehicle serviced at a dealership as required by a manufacturer. Expands restrictions on dealership ownership to include a factory branch, subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity of a manufacturer or distributor or a representative of such. Limits what data manufacturers and distributors can collect from dealers Provides for consumer data protection. PASSED 50-0.

SB 1334 (CULVER) Amends the Medical Practice Act to establish licensure, practice protection, and title protection for medical imaging professionals, radiation therapists, and radiologist assistants under the State Board of Medicine. Requires a medical imaging professional to only perform functions of the modality in which education and training and a certification by a medical imaging certification organization has been received. Limits a radiation therapist to using ionizing radiation to deliver radiation therapy treatments and perform treatment simulation using a medical imaging modality and execution of a treatment plan procedures and dosimetric calculations as prescribed by the licensed physician. Permits a radiologist assistant to perform advanced diagnostic imaging procedures under the supervision of a supervising radiologist, including enteral and parenteral procedures, injection of diagnostic agents and physician-prescribed medications, diagnostic and therapeutic aspirations and localizations, radiologist directed invasive procedures, fluoroscopy procedures, entering orders as directed by the supervising radiologist, and obtaining informed consent. Prohibits a radiologist assistant from interpreting medical imaging, rendering diagnoses or prescribing medication or therapies. PASSED 45-5.

SB 1372 (BROOKS) Amends the Human Services Code by requiring the Department of Human Services to prepare and make public an annual report summarizing the department’s inspection, investigation and enforcement activities relating to child care centers, group child care homes, family child care homes and child residential and day treatment facilities it regulates. Requires the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in every child care facility in which a fossil-fuel burning heater or appliance, fireplace, or an attached garage is located. Requires child care centers and family child care homes to manually test all fire detection devices or systems once a month. PASSED 50-0.