West Virginia Senate Bill 575

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 26 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-27 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to set forth provisions for genetic and gestational surrogacy. The bill requires an agreement, sets forth requirements to enter the agreement, required terms, the process of the agreement, and the content of the agreement. The bill sets forth parentage under the bill and addresses subsequent marital status. The bill addresses how documents are handled and maintained and the jurisdiction of the court over the agreement. The bill addresses termination of the agreement. The bill addresses parentage under the agreement both for gestational surrogacy and genetic surrogacy and the various actions that can impact parentage, including but not limited to death of an intended parent and divorce of the surrogate. The bill provides for breach of an agreement.

Assisted Reproduction Act

Sen. Tom Takubo [R]

2024-02-26 - Senate - Passed Senate (Roll No. 259) (Y: 28 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-27	House	To House Judiciary
2024-02-27	House	Introduced in House
2024-02-26	Senate	Ordered to House
2024-02-26	Senate	Passed Senate (Roll No. 259)
2024-02-26	Senate	Read 3rd time
2024-02-26	Senate	On 3rd reading
2024-02-24	Senate	Read 2nd time
2024-02-24	Senate	On 2nd reading
2024-02-23	Senate	Read 1st time
2024-02-23	Senate	Immediate consideration
2024-02-23	Senate	Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
2024-02-09	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-02-09	Senate	Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
2024-01-26	Senate	To Health and Human Resources
2024-01-26	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-26	Senate	To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2024-01-26	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	67	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	10	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	11	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	12	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	13	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	14	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	15	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	16	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	17	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	18	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	19	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	4	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	5	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	6	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	7	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	8	New Code	See Bill Text
16	67	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=575&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb575%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=575
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb575%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=575
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb575%20sub2.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=575
Roll Call	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2024/RS/votes/senate/02-26-0259.pdf