HB45 Alabama 2016 Session

This bill would create the Unborn Infants Dignity of Life Act to allow parents of deceased unborn infants to provide a dignified final disposition of the bodily remains of these infants

This bill would prohibit the sale of the bodily remains of a deceased unborn infant under certain conditions and provides criminal penalties for violations

This bill would also prohibit the use of an unborn infant, living or deceased, or the fetal tissue, organs, or bodily remains of a deceased unborn infant in research or experimentation and provides criminal penalties for violations

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

To create the Unborn Infants Dignity of Life Act; to define terms; to allow parents of deceased unborn infants to provide a dignified final disposition of the bodily remains of these infants; to prohibit the sale or other unlawful disposition of the bodily remains of a deceased unborn infant under certain conditions; to prohibit the use of an unborn infant, living or deceased, or the fetal tissue, organs, or bodily remains of a deceased unborn infant in research or experimentation; to provide criminal penalties; to provide for recovery of certain damages in a civil action; to provide for disciplinary action against certain health care providers in violation of the act; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.