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
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Last action Jun 27, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jun 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
In committee upon adjournment.
upper
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Care.
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
3 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DS
Duane Stark
RRepublican
P
Kim Thatcher
RRepublican
P
Tim Knopp
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hansell
RRepublican
Co
DL
Dennis Linthicum
RRepublican
Co
Fred Girod
RRepublican
Co
Greg Smith
RRepublican
Co
LF
Lynn Findley
RRepublican
Co
Mark Owens
RRepublican
Co
RM
Raquel Moore-Green
RRepublican
Co
Shelly Davis
RRepublican
Co
Werner Reschke
RRepublican
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