West Virginia Senate Bill 16 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-13 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to reform the vital statistics procedures related to fetal death, spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth), and induced termination of pregnancy resulting in live birth. The bill permits a birth certificate to be issued upon the death of a human embryo or fetus. The bill sets forth what a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth is to contain. The bill establishes when a human being is live born. The bill requires a fetal death certificate be issued. The bill defines terms. The bill authorizes rule-making. The bill may be referred to as The Grieving Parents Act or Bobby's Law.

Creating Grieving Parents Act

Sen. Mike Green [D]

Sen. Ronald Miller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-13	Senate	To Judiciary
2013-02-13	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2013-02-13	Senate	To Judiciary
2013-02-13	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	5	21	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	18A	1	New Code	See Bill Text
29	18A	2	New Code	See Bill Text
29	18A	3	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=16&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb16%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=16
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb16%20intr.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=16