HB 2699 Oregon House · 2021 Regular Session

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
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Failed
Jun 2021
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2021 Last action Jun 27, 2021
Floor votes · House Jun 15, 2021

How they voted

1629
Failed
Total votes 45
Jun 15, 2021
D Democratic29
29 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jun 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
In committee upon adjournment.
lower
Jun 15, 2021
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (16-29)
house
Jan 20, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
2 primary · 17 co-sponsors

Sponsors