Assisted conception; amends statute to provide gender-neutral terminology, etc.
Summary
Amends the assisted conception statute to provide gender-neutral terminology. The bill allows an unmarried individual to be an intended parent, paralleling the ability of an unmarried individual to adopt under the adoption statutes. The bill further allows for the use of an embryo subject to the legal or contractual custody of an intended parent in a surrogacy arrangement. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 15, 2019
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 375 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1979S1
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Amended
Amendment by Senator Peake rejected
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106595D-S1
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (61-Y 36-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101108D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rip Sullivan
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
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