HB 195 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Creates the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act"

HB 195, the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act," requires healthcare providers in abortion settings to provide the same medical care to any child born alive during or after an abortion as they would to any other newborn, including immediate hospital transport. It mandates providers to report failures to follow these standards to law enforcement and imposes criminal penalties - up to five years in prison or $10,000 fines - for non-compliance, while classifying intentional killing of such a child as first-degree murder. The bill also establishes civil liability for causing death or failing to comply with these provisions, allowing victims’ families to seek damages for injury or death. It directly affects abortion providers, patients, and children born alive during abortion procedures, with no impact on natural miscarriages before fetal viability.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 2, 2024 Last action Apr 23, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute Perfected · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was perfected with minor formatting corrections and a renumbering of subsections. The substantive policy language regarding reporting violations, prohibited conduct, and civil liability for injuries or deaths from abortion-related circumstances remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Minor formatting corrections were made to the header, including changing the bill type identifier from HCS to PERFECTED and adjusting line numbers.

Subsections 4 through 6 were renumbered to 4 through 6, removing the previous subsection 5 and its content regarding aiding or abetting self-induced abortions.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Voted Do Pass (S)
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 8:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Second read and referred: Families, Seniors and Health(S)
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 109 NOES: 32 PRESENT: 9
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, HA 1 to HA 2, HA 2 as amended adopted - AYES: 107 NOES: 42 PRESENT: 0
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
HCS Adopted (H)
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Referred: Health and Mental Health(H)
lower
Dec 2, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled (H)
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors

Sponsors