Kentucky Senate Bill 57 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-13 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Pending: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to create the Kentucky Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, with provisions defining terms, setting out factual findings by the General Assembly, requiring a determination of fetal age prior to performing an abortion, prohibiting an abortion after 20 weeks of fetal development except in cases of emergency, allowing for civil and injunctive relief, establishing privacy protections, and allowing for severability of the various provisions; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; repeal KRS 311.780.

AN ACT relating to unborn children.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield [R]

Sen. Mike Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-13	Senate	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2014-01-07	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB57.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB57/bill.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB57/LM.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB57/CI.doc