TO REPEAL THE LICENSING REQUIREMENT OF CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS IN WHICH A PREGNANCY OF A WOMAN KNOWN TO BE PREGNANT IS WILLFULLY TERMINATED OR ABORTED; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
House Passage
Feb 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 26, 2023
Signed Mar 1, 2023
Floor votes · House Feb 15, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
11
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Mar 1, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB138 is now Act 162
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Feb 15, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced
AS AMENDED, Amendment # 1
upper
Feb 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Feb 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 26, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Missy Irvin
RRepublican
P
Rebecca Burkes
RRepublican
Co
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
Co
Howard Beaty
RRepublican
Co
Jeff Wardlaw
RRepublican
Co
Ricky Hill
RRepublican
Co
Scott Flippo
RRepublican
Co
Steve Crowell
RRepublican
Co
Tyler Dees
RRepublican
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