HB131 Alabama 2017 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Sonogram, specific information regarding unborn child, required notice, penalty for violation, Ultrasound Access Act
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law a physician and other
qualified persons must provide certain information
to a woman at least 48 hours before performance of
an abortion</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require an abortion provider
to privately provide the woman with additional
written and oral information including a sonogram
portraying the entire body of the unborn child and
specific information regarding that child as
disclosed by the sonogram</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would impose certain notice
requirements and provide penalties for violations</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To establish specific notice and information
requirements by an abortion provider regarding a sonogram of
an unborn baby; to provide for penalties for violations; 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.
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Subjects
Abortion
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2017 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB131 Alabama 2017 Session - Introduced |