Relating to abortion.
Summary
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper standard of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
Jul 2019
House Failed
Jun 2019
Governor
Introduced Apr 1, 2019
Last action Jul 1, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 17, 2019
How they voted
20–37
Failed · 2 other
Total votes 59
Jun 17, 2019
D
Democratic38
97% Nay
R
Republican21
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jul 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
In committee upon adjournment.
lower
Jun 17, 2019
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (20-37-2)
house
Apr 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Care.
lower
Apr 1, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
3 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DS
Duane Stark
RRepublican
P
Sherrie Sprenger
RRepublican
P
Werner Reschke
RRepublican
Co
Bill Post
RRepublican
Co
Carl Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Christine Drazan
RRepublican
Co
CT
Chuck Thomsen
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Bonham
RRepublican
Co
David Smith
RRepublican
Co
Gary Leif
RRepublican
Co
Greg Barreto
RRepublican
Co
Greg Smith
RRepublican
Co
JZ
Jack Zika
RRepublican
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