Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes.
Summary
Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt or provision of or assistance with reproductive health care services, as defined in the bill, within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that such limit on extradition shall not apply when the person who is accused of an alleged offense in the demanding state was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged offense and thereafter fled from such state.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 5, 2024
Last action Feb 18, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2025
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2025
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health
upper
Nov 5, 2024
Introduced
Introduced bill reprinted
upper
Nov 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
Co
Russet Perry
DDemocratic
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