Tennessee House Bill 1440

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-23 - Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, exempts from the offense of criminal abortion an abortion that is performed on a patient whose pregnancy is the result of rape or incest if the abortion is performed prior to a certain gestational age; requires the physician performing the abortion to confirm that the patient reported the offense to the appropriate law enforcement agency and submitted to a forensic medical examination prior to the procedure; adds a mandatory minimum sentence of three years incarceration for filing a false report of rape or incest for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to abortion.

Rep. Iris Rudder [R]	Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes [R]	Rep. Patsy Hazlewood [R]	Rep. Mark White [R]
Rep. Sam Whitson [R]	Rep. Sabi Kumar [R]	Rep. Jerome Moon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-23	House	Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
2023-02-07	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Population Health Subcommittee
2023-02-02	House	P2C, ref. to Health Committee
2023-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB0857 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-28 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1440&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1440.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0857.pdf