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
16–29
Failed
Total votes 45
Jun 15, 2021
D
Democratic29
100% Nay
R
Republican16
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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DS
Duane Stark
RRepublican
P
Kim Thatcher
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hansell
RRepublican
Co
Bill Post
RRepublican
Co
Cedric Hayden
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Bonham
RRepublican
Co
David Smith
RRepublican
Co
DL
Dennis Linthicum
RRepublican
Co
JZ
Jack Zika
RRepublican
Co
Kim Wallan
RRepublican
Co
LF
Lynn Findley
RRepublican
Co
Mark Owens
RRepublican
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