Virginia House Bill 227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Abortion; born alive human infant; treatment and care; penalty. Requires every physician licensed by the Board of Medicine who attempts to terminate a pregnancy to (i) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of a human infant who has been born alive following such attempt as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age and (ii) take all reasonable steps to ensure the immediate transfer of the human infant who has been born alive to a hospital for further medical care. A physician who fails to comply with the requirements of this act is guilty of a Class 4 felony and may be subject to disciplinary action by the Board of Medicine.

Abortion; born alive human infant, treatment and care, penalty.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]
Del. Dave LaRock [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2019-12-28	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-12-28	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101764D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	76.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2915	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB227
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB227+hil