Illinois Senate Bill 1595 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Pregnancy Help Center Referral Act. Provides that a person may not perform an abortion unless the person first provides the pregnant woman with the name, address, and telephone number of an organization that: (1) is within reasonable proximity of the abortion facility where the abortion will be performed; (2) has as one of its principal missions to provide education, counseling, and other assistance to help a pregnant mother maintain her relationship with and care for her unborn child; and (3) does not perform abortions, is not affiliated with any physician or entity that performs abortions, and does not refer pregnant mothers for abortions. Effective immediately.

PREGNANCY HELP CENTER-REFERRAL

Sen. Bill Brady [R]

Sen. Michael Connelly [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-12-04	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
2017-04-07	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-03-29	Senate	To Subcommittee on Civil Rights
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
2017-03-09	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
2017-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2017-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tim Bivins

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1595&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1595.htm