MD HB757 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-19 - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-19 - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expanding the application of certain provisions relating to a prosecution for murder or manslaughter of a certain viable fetus to a prosecution for murder or manslaughter of a certain fetus; requiring knowledge that a certain mother was pregnant for a certain murder or manslaughter prosecution; defining "fetus" as an unborn offspring of the species Homo sapiens from the end of the eighth week after fertilization until birth; etc.
Title
Criminal Law - Homicide - Fetus
Sponsors
| Del. Trent Kittleman [R] | Del. Lauren Arikan [R] | Del. Sandy Bartlett [D] | Del. Regina Boyce [D] |
| Del. Susan Krebs [R] | Del. Susan McComas [R] | Del. April Rose [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-19 | House | Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2019-02-08 | House | First Reading Health and Government Operations |
