Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures
Summary
Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures; Authorizing a court to delegate the right to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures of incapacitated persons in certain circumstances; requiring that initial and annual guardianship plans, respectively, state whether any power under the ward’s preexisting order not to resuscitate or advance directive is revoked, modified, suspended, or transferred to the guardian; authorizing a guardian to petition a court for approval to consent to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances, etc.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Last action May 2, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Mar 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/30/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/07/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Colleen Burton
RRepublican
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