Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring abortions or selective reductions unenforceable.
Summary
Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring or prohibiting abortions or selective reductions 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
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Jan 10, 2022
Signed May 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 2, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 3, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Amendments
2
May 27, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 800 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House (52-Y 48-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB163E
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Judiciary
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100591D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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