Kentucky Senate Bill 227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 28 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-07 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of an infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born alive infant; provide that a born alive infant shall be treated as a legal person under the laws of the Commonwealth; specify that any born alive infant, whose parents declare they do not want to keep the infant, shall immediately upon birth become a ward of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prohibit any person from performing scientific research on a born alive infant; specify that this section shall not be construed as preventing an infant's parent or guardian from refusing medical care that is not medically necessary; specify that the parent or guardian of a born alive infant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for the actions of a physician, nurse, or other healthcare provider that acted without his or her consent; provide for civil and administrative penalties for violations of this Act; allow for severability; allow the General Assembly by joint resolution to appoint members to intervene as a matter or right in any case that challenges the constitutionality of this Act; amend KRS 311.595, 311.850, 314.091, and 315.121 to suspend or revoke the license of any physician, physician's assistant, nurse, or pharmacist who violates this Act; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; establish the short title of "Born Alive Infant Protection Act"; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield [R]	Sen. Matt Castlen [R]	Sen. C.B. Embry [R]	Sen. Rick Girdler [R]
Sen. Wil Schroder [R]

2019-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 883 (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-07	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
2019-03-07	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2019-03-06	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
2019-03-04	House	posted in committee
2019-03-01	House	to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)
2019-02-28	House	received in House
2019-02-28	Senate	3rd reading, passed 32-0
2019-02-28	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2019
2019-02-28	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules
2019-02-26	Senate	returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2019-02-26	Senate	2nd reading
2019-02-26	Senate	taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2019-02-25	Senate	returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2019-02-25	Senate	1st reading
2019-02-25	Senate	taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2019-02-20	Senate	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2019-02-15	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb227.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb227/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb227/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/sb227/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/sb227/CI.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb227/vote_history.pdf