On Tuesday, members of the Gillham family pleaded with legislators at the state Capitol to pass Senate Bill 53, which seeks allow a person admitted to a hospital or nursing facility at least one visitor. They told a heartbreaking story. Richard, the Gillham patriarch, had died after complications of COVID-19 in a hospital bed in January last year without a family member by his side. The committee, which was expected to reject the legislation, postponed action on the bill instead, a decision that saved the proposal from the chopping block — for now at least.