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2007 SESSION

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HB 1631 Feticide; penalty.

Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Killing a fetus; penalty.  Provides that any person who unlawfully, willfully, deliberately, maliciously and with premeditation kills a fetus is guilty of a Class 2 felony, and that any person who commits such an act without premeditation is guilty of a felony punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than five nor more than 40 years. Currently the act of unlawfully killing a fetus as described in this statute is a crime only if the fetus is the fetus "of another."

FULL TEXT

• 10/30/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 067100366  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 10/30/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 067100366
• 10/30/06  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/11/07  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 02/06/07  House: Left in Courts of Justice