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HB 1979 Assisted conception; amends statute to provide gender-neutral terminology, etc.
Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Assisted conception. 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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101108D pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106595D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0375) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101108D
- 01/07/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/30/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 7-N)
- 02/03/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/19 House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 36-N)
- 02/05/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (61-Y 36-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106595D-S1
- 02/15/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106595D-S1
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/18/19 Senate: Amendment by Senator Peake rejected
- 02/18/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1979S1
- 02/18/19 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 12-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/19 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/19 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106595D-S1 (63-Y 36-N)
- 02/20/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (63-Y 36-N)
- 02/22/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER)
- 02/22/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/14/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 375 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/14/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0375)