Virginia House Bill 1488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Abortion; use of public funds prohibited. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth shall enter into any contract with or make any grant of public funds, as defined in the bill, to any entity or any affiliate of any entity that provides abortion services or operates a facility at which abortion services are provided. The bill also repeals provisions authorizing the Board of Health to use state general funds appropriated to the Department of Health to pay the cost of abortions for women who otherwise meet the financial eligibility criteria for services through the state plan for medical assistance services in cases in which (i) a pregnancy occurs as a result of rape or incest that is reported to a law-enforcement or public health agency or (ii) a physician certifies in writing that he believes the fetus will be born with a gross and totally incapacitating physical deformity or with a gross and totally incapacitating mental deficiency.

Abortion; use of public funds prohibited.

Sen. John McGuire [R]

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-28	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-02	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100086D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	92.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	92.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1488
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1488+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105824D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1488F122+PDF