CS/SB 870 (2023) -  Surrendered Newborn Infants

General Bill by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Burton (CO-SPONSORS) Garcia
Surrendered Newborn Infants: Revising the definition of the term “newborn infant”; authorizing certain hospitals, emergency medical services stations, and fire stations to use newborn infant safety devices to accept surrendered newborn infants if the device meets specified criteria; authorizing a parent to leave a newborn infant with medical staff or a licensed health care professional at a hospital after the delivery of the newborn infant under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2023
Last Event: 05/05/23 S Died in Rules on Friday, May 5, 2023 10:59 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 03/06/23 3:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 3
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 03/20/23 12:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 4   Nays 3
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 899 Subject: Surrendered Newborn Infants Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 731132 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 03/17/23, Line#: 42 Senate(c): Unfavorable 03/20/2023 03:50 PM
    • A 485718 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Burton Date Filed: 03/17/23, Line#: 43 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/20/2023 03:50 PM
    • A 949384 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 03/17/23, Line#: 74 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/20/2023 03:50 PM
    • A 140998 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Burton Date Filed: 03/17/23, Line#: 132 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/20/2023 03:50 PM
    • A 693318 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 03/17/23, Line#: 186 Senate(c): Unfavorable 03/20/2023 03:50 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/21/2023 4:57:36 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/18/2023 8:39:02 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 3/6/2023 7:14:01 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 3/3/2023 3:06:39 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules Time: 05/05/2023 - 10:59 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 03/23/2023 - 9:54 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time Time: 03/22/2023 - 8:37 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/22/2023 - 1:16 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 3 Time: 03/20/2023 - 2:16 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 03/15/2023 - 3:39 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 03/07/2023 - 10:45 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Time: 03/07/2023 - 8:27 AM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 Time: 03/06/2023 - 6:09 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/06/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/27/2023 - 2:02 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules Time: 02/23/2023 - 6:05 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/16/2023 - 12:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
63.0423 CS/HB 899, HB 1099, SB 1288, SB 1306, HB 1339
383.50 CS/HB 899, SB 1306, HB 1339