l9n/ Oregon

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 3423

Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Health Care Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper standard of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

16 co-sponsors

Greg Barreto, Daniel Bonham, Shelly Boshart Davis, Christine Drazan, Lynn Findley, Gary Leif, Rick Lewis, Mike Nearman, Ron Noble, Bill Post, David Brock Smith, Gregory Smith, Kim Wallan, Carl Wilson, Jack Zika, Denyc Boles

In the Senate

    2 co-sponsors

    Tim Knopp, Chuck Thomsen

    Its course

    April 1 to June 30, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action4 actions on 4 days

    In the House of RepresentativesApr 1 to Jun 30 · stopped90 days

    Waiting for a committeeApr 1 to Apr 43 days

    Health CareApr 4 to Jun 30 · stopped87 days

    Votes

    Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

    Text

    Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Apr 1 – Jun 30

    1. Apr 1Introduced
    2. Apr 4Sent to Health Care
    3. Jun 30Died when the session ended
    All 4 actions, as published
    1. Apr 1First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Apr 4Referred to Health Care.House of Representatives
    3. Jun 17Motion to withdraw from Health Care failed.House of Representatives
    4. Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives