VA HB1556 | 2008 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2008 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-28 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)

Summary

Unborn child pain information. Requires doctors to offer to anesthetize a fetus prior to abortion and to include in informational materials a statement that a fetus at 20 gestational weeks has the physical structures necessary to feel pain and react to physical stimuli in a manner that, in an infant or adult, would be interpreted as a response to pain.

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Title

Unborn child pain information; requires doctors to offer to anesthetize fetus prior to abortion.

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History

DateChamberAction
2008-02-28 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
2008-02-04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2008-02-04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-01 House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-01 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (68-Y 31-N)
2008-02-01 House: Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-N)
2008-01-31 House: Engrossed by House
2008-01-31 House: Pending question ordered
2008-01-31 House: Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. rejected
2008-01-31 House: Read second time
2008-01-30 House: Read first time
2008-01-28 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 4-N)
2008-01-24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2008-01-18 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-18 House: Presented and ordered printed 084735464

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