HB31 Alabama 2014 Session
Bill Summary
This bill would give health care providers the following: The authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. This bill would declare it unlawful for any person to discriminate against health care providers for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. Further, the bill would provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation
Relating to health care, to allow health care providers to decline to perform any health care service that violates their conscience and provide remedies for persons who exercise that right and suffer consequences as a result.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2014 | S | Pending third reading on day 12 Favorable from Health |
| January 22, 2014 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health |
| February 6, 2014 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| January 21, 2014 | H | Engrossed |
| January 21, 2014 | H | Cosponsors Added |
| January 21, 2014 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 43 |
| January 21, 2014 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 42 |
| January 21, 2014 | H | Health first Substitute Offered |
| January 21, 2014 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| January 15, 2014 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and |
| January 14, 2014 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB31 Alabama 2014 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB31 Alabama 2014 Session - Introduced |