CS/SB 864 (2020) -  Surrendered Newborn Infants

General Bill by Health Policy and Baxley
Surrendered Newborn Infants: Authorizing hospitals, emergency medical services stations, and fire stations to use newborn safety devices to accept surrendered newborn infants under certain circumstances; requiring such hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station to visually check and test the device within specified timeframes; providing additional locations under which the prohibition on the initiation of criminal investigations based solely on the surrendering of a newborn infant applies, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2020
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 01/14/20 2:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 3
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1217 Subject: Surrendered Newborn Infants Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/15/2020 9:38:00 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/13/2020 2:05:04 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 187 Time: 01/22/2020 - 6:00 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Time: 01/16/2020 - 12:42 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/15/2020 - 9:41 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 -SJ 155 Time: 01/14/2020 - 4:55 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 65 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/14/20, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/09/2020 - 3:55 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 65 Time: 11/21/2019 - 4:33 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/12/2019 - 9:49 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
63.0423 HB 1217
383.50 HB 1217