Senate2023-24 session
SB 5970: Modifying local board of health county commissioner membership.
Signed into law: Chapter 37, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Hunt
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 37 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 13, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Allows a board of five county commissioners in a noncharter county to reduce the number of county commissioners that serve on a local board of health, provided that at least one commissioner serves on the board.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 22, 202494 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 6, 202448 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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