Virginia Senate Bill 1637 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-17 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; establishment of right to reproductive choice. Establishes that (i) every individual has a fundamental right to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization and (ii) every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to choose to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth to a child, or terminate the pregnancy. The bill provides that the Commonwealth shall not deny or interfere with such fundamental rights in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information. The bill further provides that the Commonwealth shall not discriminate in the protection or enforcement of such fundamental rights on the basis of sex, disability, race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, immigration status, religion, or sexual orientation.

Virginia Human Rights Act; establishment of right to reproductive choice.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]
Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]
Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2019-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-17	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
2019-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104524D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3901.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1637
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1637+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0056+SB1637