Relating to abortion.
Summary
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper degree of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper degree of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing party. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2020
Last action Mar 9, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Mar 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
In committee upon adjournment.
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Care, then Judiciary.
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
2 primary · 28 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DH
Dallas Heard
RRepublican
P
Herman Baertschiger Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hansell
RRepublican
Co
Bill Post
RRepublican
Co
BB
Brian Boquist
IIndependent
Co
Carl Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Christine Drazan
RRepublican
Co
CT
Chuck Thomsen
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Bonham
RRepublican
Co
David Smith
RRepublican
Co
DL
Dennis Linthicum
RRepublican
Co
Denyc Boles
RRepublican
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