Virginia Senate Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-23 - Incorporated by Education and Health
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Provision of abortion; parental consent requirement; ultrasound requirement; hospital regulations. Removes the requirement that a pregnant minor seeking an abortion obtain either parental consent or judicial authorization. The bill removes the requirement that a pregnant woman seeking to obtain an abortion undergo a fetal transabdominal ultrasound prior to obtaining an abortion at least 24 hours prior to obtaining an abortion, or at least two hours prior to obtaining an abortion if the pregnant woman lives at least 100 miles from the facility where the abortion is to be performed. The bill also removes language classifying facilities that perform five or more first-trimester abortions per month as hospitals for the purpose of complying with regulations establishing minimum standards for hospitals.

Abortion; parental consent requirement, ultrasound requirement, hospital regulations.

Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]

2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-23	Senate	Incorporated by Education and Health
2019-11-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-11-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100520D

SB733 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0899)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	241	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	76	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2969	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB21
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB21+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0059+SB0021