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HB 1126 Abortion or miscarriage; intent to destroy unborn child, penalty.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty. Provides that any person, including the pregnant female, who administers to or causes to be taken by a pregnant female any drug or other thing or uses means with intent to destroy her unborn child or to produce abortion or miscarriage and thereby destroys such child or produces such abortion or miscarriage is guilty of a Class 4 felony. The bill excepts medically approved contraceptives or legally prescribed medication as a means of producing abortion or miscarriage. Current law does not with specificity include the pregnant female as a possible perpetrator.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088251584 pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/08 House: Printed as engrossed 088251584-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088251584
- 01/09/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/01/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/08 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/08 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
- 02/08/08 House: Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Read second time
- 02/11/08 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/08 House: Amendment by Delegate Jones, S.C. agreed to
- 02/11/08 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1126E
- 02/11/08 House: Printed as engrossed 088251584-E
- 02/12/08 House: Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N)
- 02/12/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (68-Y 30-N)
- 02/12/08 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/12/08 House: Passed House (68-Y 31-N)
- 02/12/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE #2 (68-Y 31-N)
- 02/12/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/28/08 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)