Stopping Abortion Bounties Act
Summary
Stopping Abortion Bounties Act This bill imposes a 100% tax on amounts received as statutory damages under a state bounty statute. A bounty statute is a statute that authorizes a person to file a civil action and collect damages for assisting another person in exercising the right to have an abortion. The bill also directs the Department of the Treasury to award a grant to any person who pays or incurs amounts under a court order resulting from a suit filed under a bounty statute, including the amount paid or incurred as statutory damages and reasonable attorney's fees.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Dec 16, 2021
Last action Dec 16, 2021
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Committee
1
Dec 16, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Dec 16, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lizzie Fletcher
DDemocratic
Co
Grace Meng
DDemocratic
Co
Gwen Moore
DDemocratic
Co
John A. Yarmuth
DDemocratic
Co
Kaiali’i Kahele
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DDemocratic
Co
Lois Frankel
DDemocratic
Co
Marie Newman
DDemocratic
Co
Marilyn Strickland
DDemocratic
Co
Sean Casten
DDemocratic
Co
Steve Cohen
DDemocratic
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