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  6. HB 491

HB 491

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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Ginny Shaver
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Abortion, physicians, duty of care owed to babies born alive after faild abortion, criminal penalties
Description

This bill would require a physician to exercise reasonable care to preserve the life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion

This bill would establish 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

Relating to abortion; to require a physician to exercise reasonable care to preserve the life of a child who is born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion; to establish criminal 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.

Subjects
Abortion

Bill Text

Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: HB 491 - Engrossed - PDF

This bill would require a physician to exercise reasonable care to preserve the life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion

This bill would establish 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

Relating to abortion; to require a physician to exercise reasonable care to preserve the life of a child who is born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion; to establish criminal 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.

Section 1

This act shall be known and may be cited as Gianna's Law.

Section 2

(a) A living human child born alive after an abortion or premature birth is entitled to the same rights, powers, and privileges as are granted by the laws of this state to any other child born alive after the normal gestation period. (b) For purposes of this act, "born alive" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. (c)(1) For purposes of this section, a physician-patient relationship is established between a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion and the physician who performed or attempted the abortion. (2) If a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion, the physician who performed the abortion or attempted the abortion shall exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious physician would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age. Failure to do so is a Class B felony and is punishable by not less than 20 years in state prison and a fine of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (3) The Office of the Attorney General may bring an action to enforce this subsection. Any funds collected from fines pursuant to this act shall be deposited in the General Fund. (d) A woman on whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed may not be held liable under this act. (e) A person who has knowledge of failure by a physician to comply with this act shall report this knowledge to the Office of the Attorney General. The identity of the person making the report shall be kept confidential.

Section 3

Although this bill would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements and application under Amendment 621, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, because the bill defines a new crime or amends the definition of an existing crime.

Section 4

This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
May 22, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare
May 21, 2019 H Engrossed
May 21, 2019 H Givan intended to vote Nay
May 21, 2019 H Cosponsors Added
May 21, 2019 H Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 843
May 21, 2019 H Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 842
May 21, 2019 H Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 841
May 21, 2019 H Shaver first Substitute Offered
May 21, 2019 H Third Reading Passed
May 8, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
April 23, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health

Bill Votes

Cosponsors Added
2019-05-21
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-05-21
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Ledbetter motion to Previous Question
2019-05-21
Chamber: House
Result: Passed

Bill Documents

Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB491-eng.pdf
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB491-int.pdf
Bill Amendments http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/201222-1.pdf

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