SB 920 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring/prohibiting abortion or selective reduction unenforceable.

Summary

Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring or prohibiting abortion or selective reduction unenforceable. Provides that any provision of a surrogacy contract requiring or prohibiting an abortion or selective reduction is against the public policy of the Commonwealth and is void and unenforceable.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 9, 2020 Last action Mar 3, 2020

Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2020

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 4, 2020

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 12, 2020

House of Delegates · Referred to committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Feb 4, 2020

Senate · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 3, 2020

Senate · Amendment offered

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB920E

Feb 3, 2020

Senate · Reported by committee

Committee amendments agreed to

Feb 3, 2020

Senate · Amendment offered

Reading of amendments waived

Jan 29, 2020

Senate · Reported by committee

Reported from Judiciary with amendments (12-Y 1-N 2-A)

Jan 24, 2020

Senate · Referred to committee

Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law

Jan 16, 2020

Senate · Referred to committee

Rereferred to Judiciary

Jan 16, 2020

Senate · Referred to committee

Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)

Jan 9, 2020

Senate · Referred to committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Jan 9, 2020

Senate · Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 20105335D

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors