l9n/ Oregon

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1523

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 Senate's Health Care Committee on March 8, 2020. The 2020 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 degree 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 degree of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing party. 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 Senate

9 co-sponsors

Denyc Boles, Brian Boquist, Lynn Findley, Fred Girod, Bill Hansell, Tim Knopp, Dennis Linthicum, Kim Thatcher, Chuck Thomsen

In the House of Representatives

    19 co-sponsors

    Greg Barreto, Daniel Bonham, Shelly Boshart Davis, Vikki Breese-Iverson, Christine Drazan, Gary Leif, Rick Lewis, Raquel Moore-Green, Mike Nearman, Ron Noble, Bill Post, E. Werner Reschke, David Brock Smith, Gregory Smith, Sherrie Sprenger, Duane Stark, Kim Wallan, Carl Wilson, Jack Zika

    Its course

    January 27 to March 8, 2020, 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 3 days

    In the SenateJan 27 to Mar 8 · stopped41 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 27 to Feb 37 days

    Health CareFeb 3 to Mar 8 · stopped34 days

    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 Senate Jan 27 – Mar 8

    1. Jan 27Filed before the session
    2. Feb 3Introduced
    3. Sent to Health Care
    4. Mar 8Died when the session ended
    All 4 actions, as published
    1. Jan 27Presession Released to the Public.Senate
    2. Feb 3Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    3. Feb 3Referred to Health Care, then Judiciary.Senate
    4. Mar 8In committee upon adjournment.Senate