Bill Text: WV SB552 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to abortion
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-01 - Chapter 253, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 [SB552 Detail]
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WEST virginia legislature
2023 regular session
ENROLLED
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 552
By Senators Rucker, Taylor, Karnes, Phillips, Grady, Smith, Maynard, Martin, Azinger, Woodrum, Roberts, Deeds, Oliverio, Swope, Stuart, Tarr, Barrett, Hunt, Chapman, Queen, and Stover
[Passed March 11, 2023; in effect from passage]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §16-2R-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to abortion; and revising severability clauses.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2R. UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT.
§16-2R-9. Severability.
Severability as provided in §2-2-10(b)(7) of this code is applicable to this article: Provided, That if this entire article is judicially determined to be unconstitutional, then the provisions of §16-2F-1 et seq., §16-2I-1 et seq., 16-2M-1 et seq., §16-2O-1, §16-2P-1, §16-2Q-1, and §33-42-8 of this code shall become immediately effective: Provided, however, That if a provision or provisions of §16-2R-1 et seq. of this code are judicially determined to be unconstitutional, then the provisions of §16-2F-9, §16-2I-9, §16-2M-7, §16-2O-1(e), §16-2P-1(d), §16-2Q-1(m), and §33-42-8(d) of this code are not effective.
