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SB 319 Feticide; penalty.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Killing a fetus. Provides that any person who maliciously, willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully kills the fetus of another is guilty of a felony punishable by five to 40 years in prison and that if the act is done with premeditation it is punishable as a Class 2 felony. This bill is identical to HB 1.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Killing a fetus. Provides that any person who maliciously, willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully kills the fetus of another is guilty of a Class 2 felony (20 years to life).

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Killing an unborn child. Provides that any person who maliciously, willfully, deliberately, unlawfully and with premeditation kills the fetus of another is guilty of a Class 2 felony (20 years to life).