l9n/ Oregon

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1553

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 4, 2022. The 2022 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. 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 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 Senate

3 co-sponsors

Bill Hansell, Bill Kennemer, Chuck Thomsen

In the House of Representatives

8 co-sponsors

Shelly Boshart Davis, Jami Cate, Christine Goodwin, Bobby Levy, Rick Lewis, Ron Noble, Anna Scharf, David Brock Smith

Its course

February 1 to March 4, 2022, 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 action3 actions on 2 days

In the SenateFeb 1 to Mar 4 · stopped31 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 1 to Feb 10 days

Health CareFeb 1 to Mar 4 · stopped31 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 Feb 1 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 1Introduced
  2. Sent to Health Care
  3. Mar 4Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Feb 1Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Feb 1Referred to Health Care.Senate
  3. Mar 4In committee upon adjournment.Senate