VA SB1284 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Abortion prohibited; exceptions; penalty. Provides that life begins at conception and no abortion is authorized or shall be performed on an unborn child except when (i) a physician determines, in reasonable medical judgment, that a medical emergency exists, defined in the bill such that the abortion is performed to save the life of the mother, or (ii) the probable gestational age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or less and the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest in which an official police report has been filed alleging the offense of rape or incest and such abortion is performed by a licensed physician in a hospital. The bill provides that any person who performs an unlawful abortion is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Title
Abortion; prohibited, exceptions, penalty.
Sponsors
Sen. Travis Hackworth [R] | Sen. Stephen Newman [R] | Sen. Amanda Chase [R] | Sen. Mark Obenshain [R] |
Sen. Mark Peake [R] | Sen. Bryce Reeves [R] | Sen. William Stanley [R] |
Roll Calls
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2023-01-26 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) |
2023-01-17 | Senate | Assigned Education sub: Health Professions |
2023-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
2023-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103751D |
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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16 | 1 | 241 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 71 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 71.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 74.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 75 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 76 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
32 | 1 | 133.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
32 | 1 | 92.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
54 | 1 | 2969 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
9 | 1 | 151 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |