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]

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.

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Title

Abortion; prohibited, exceptions, penalty.

Sponsors


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

DateChamberAction
2023-01-26SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
2023-01-17SenateAssigned Education sub: Health Professions
2023-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-10SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103751D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
161241(n/a)See Bill Text
18271(n/a)See Bill Text
18271.1(n/a)See Bill Text
18274.1(n/a)See Bill Text
18275(n/a)See Bill Text
18276(n/a)See Bill Text
321133.1(n/a)See Bill Text
32192.2(n/a)See Bill Text
5412969(n/a)See Bill Text
91151(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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