2025–2026 Regular Session · House of Representatives bill

HB 226

An Act providing for the protection of patients and medical personnel from health care facility retaliation, for prohibitions, for rebuttable presumptions, for discriminatory treatment, for evidence, for civil penalties and remedies, for criminal penalty, for restitution and damages, for injunctive relief, for peer review activity and for exemption.

In committee Last action January 22, 2025: Referred to Judiciary

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 14

Prime sponsor

Joe Ciresi

Cosponsors (13)

Benjamin Sanchez, Carol Hill-Evans, Chris Pielli, Emily Kinkead, G. Roni Green, Jim Haddock, Jim Prokopiak, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Jose Giral, Kyle Donahue, Melissa Cerrato, Nancy Guenst, Robert Freeman

Status

In committee as of January 22, 2025. Session ends November 30, 2026; the 2027–2028 session begins in January 2027.

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 1

Date	Chamber	Action
January 22, 2025	House	Referred to Judiciary

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated), updated November 5, 2026. Official record: palegis.us. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.