BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 1586: Health care professionals

Requiring transparency for patients regarding training and qualifications of health care professionals.

Summary

Requires advertisements that name a health care professional, regardless of whether the title "doctor" appears, to identify the type of license, registration, or certification held by the health care professional.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1586), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to requiring transparency for patients regarding training and qualifications of health care professionals;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1586 (2025–26) Rules review committee · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1586 (2023–24) Vehicular pursuits work grp. · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1586 (2021–22) Grassroots lobbyists · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1586 (2019–20) Brain injury fee expansion · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1586 (2017–18) Dental professions · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1586 (2015–16) Royal Slope railroad · Enacted · Chapter 281, Laws of 2015
HB 1586 (2011–12) Doctorates/branch campuses · Enacted · Chapter 208, Laws of 2011
HB 1586 (2009–10) Nontraditional mortgages · Did not pass · died in committee