HB 1327 (2012) -  Abortion

General Bill by Plakon (CO-SPONSORS) Ahern; Costello; Van Zant; Weinstein
Abortion: Designates act "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity for Life Act"; requires person performing termination to first sign affidavit stating that he or she is not performing termination because of child's sex or race & has no knowledge that pregnancy being terminated is because of child's sex or race; prohibits performing or inducing termination knowing that it is sought based on sex or race of child or race of parent of that child, using force or threat of force to intentionally injure or intimidate any person for purpose of coercing sex-selection or race-selection termination, & soliciting or accepting moneys to finance sex-selection or race-selection termination; provides for injunctions; provides for civil actions by certain persons; authorizes civil fines against physicians & other health professionals who knowingly fail to report known violations; provides that woman on whom sex-selection or race-selection termination is performed is not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability.
Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Last Event: Died in Health & Human Services Committee on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 1702 Subject: Abortion Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee 1/31/2012 1:56:05 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee 1/30/2012 8:49:23 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee 1/25/2012 10:18:41 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee 1/22/2012 3:19:04 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Health & Human Services Committee Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Now in Health & Human Services Committee Time: 01/31/2012 - 1:56 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee Time: 01/31/2012 - 1:56 PM Member: Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee Time: 01/31/2012 - 11:30 AM Member: Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda Time: 01/27/2012 - 4:19 PM Member: Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee Time: 01/25/2012 - 10:19 AM Member: Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Time: 01/25/2012 - 10:19 AM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Time: 01/24/2012 - 5:00 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Added to Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee agenda Time: 01/20/2012 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Now in Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Time: 01/12/2012 - 11:18 AM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Committee Time: 01/12/2012 - 11:18 AM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee Time: 01/12/2012 - 11:18 AM Member: Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Time: 01/12/2012 - 11:18 AM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Access Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 01/10/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 01/06/2012 - 1:24 PM Member: Plakon Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
390.0111 CS/HB 277, SB 290, CS/HB 839, HB 1151, SB 1374, SB 1702