In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
Total votes
9,714
all sessions
Attendance
99%
64 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,093
bills & resolutions
Higher than 82% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
1,093 bills and resolutions
Sponsored bills
Total
1,093
Primary
116
Co-sponsor
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Whole Woman's Health Act; performance of abortions.
Provides that a woman has a fundamental right to obtain a lawful abortion and that no statute or regulation shall be construed to prohibit the performance of an abortion prior to viability or if necessary to protect the life or health of the woman. The bill also provides that any statute that places a burden on a woman's access to abortion without conferring any legitimate health benefit is unenforceable. The bill expands who can perform first trimester abortions from physicians to any health care providers licensed by the Board of Medicine or the Board of Nursing. The bill eliminates the requirement that second trimester abortions be performed in a licensed hospital. The bill eliminates the requirement that two other physicians certify that a third trimester abortion is necessary to prevent the woman's death or impairment of her mental or physical health as well as the need to find that the woman's health would be substantially and irremediably impaired. The bill eliminates all the procedures and processes, including the performance of an ultrasound, required to effect a woman's informed written consent to the performance of an abortion; however, the bill does not change the requirement that a woman's informed written consent is first obtained. The bill removes language classifying facilities that perform five or more first trimester abortions per month as hospitals for the purpose of complying with regulations establishing minimum standards for hospitals. The bill also removes the prohibition on the sale of health insurance policies that provide coverage for abortions through an exchange established or operated pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The provisions of this bill are in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
HIV or hepatitis B or C virus; testing for infection, order of magistrate.
Allows a magistrate to issue an order requiring a person to provide a blood specimen for testing for human immunodeficiency virus or the hepatitis B or C virus when exposure to bodily fluids occurs between a person and a health care provider, person employed by or under the direction and control of a health care provider, law-enforcement officer or other person employed by a law-enforcement agency, firefighter, emergency medical services personnel, or school board employee and the person whose blood specimen is sought refuses to consent to providing such specimen. Currently, only the general district court may issue such order.
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 7, 2017
0 co-sponsors
In committee Feb 7, 2017
1 co-sponsor
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