Kentucky House Bill 455 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-06 - posted in committee
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create new section of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit an abortion if the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion, in whole or in part, because of a test result indicating Down syndrome in an unborn child, a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome in an unborn child, or any other reason to believe that the child has Down syndrome, except in the case of a medical emergency; require physicians to certify a lack of knowledge that the pregnant' s woman intent to seek an abortion was, in whole or in part, because of a test result indicating Down syndrome, a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or any other reason to believe the unborn child had Down syndrome; require the State Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a physician's license to practice medicine if the physician violates the prohibition; provide that a physician who violates the prohibition is civilly liable; allow for severability; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the State Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician who violates the prohibition; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 213.101 to conform; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a one-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from a violation of the prohibition; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT to prohibit abortion if the unborn has or may have Down syndrome and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]	Rep. Joseph Fischer [R]	Rep. Lynn Bechler [R]	Rep. Danny Bentley [R]
Sen. Matt Castlen [R]	Rep. Chris Fugate [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Kim King [R]
Rep. Stan Lee [R]	Sen. Robert Mills [R]	Rep. Tim Moore [R]	Rep. Brandon Reed [R]
Rep. Rob Rothenburger [R]	Rep. Walker Thomas [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Addia Wuchner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-06	House	posted in committee
2018-02-26	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2018-02-22	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB455.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB455/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/HB455/LM.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/HB455/CI.pdf