Contraception and Family Planning
*Bad Bill Alert
*HB 42
Rep. Valoree Swanson (R)
Relating to prohibited actions regarding health benefit plan coverage for enrollees who refuse to have an abortion; providing a civil penalty. (Ensures that any pregnant person who refuses abortion care in the event of an unviable fetus or fetal abnormality would not be kicked off her insurance plan, rewirenewsgroup.com).
Status: Referred to Insurance (2/25)
DEAD
*SB 1173
Sen. Kelly Hancock (R)
Relating to the regulation of abortion, including information regarding perinatal palliative care and prohibiting discriminatory abortions; authorizing disciplinary action; providing a civil remedy; creating a criminal offense.
Status: Committee report sent to Calendars (4/29)
DEAD
*HJR 15
Rep. Cody Vasut (R)
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and certain other acts.
Status: Referred to State Affairs (3/1)
DEAD
HB 835
Rep. Donna Howard (D)
Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan. (This bill would add contraception, like LARCs, as a covered benefit in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), with parental consent for minors. The bill would not cover abortifacients.)
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Status: Referred to Public Health (3/1)
DEAD
*SB 1647
Sen. Charles Perry (R)
Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care, regulation of abortion, and the availability of certain defenses to prosecution for homicide and assault offenses; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Status: Committee report sent to Calendars (5/3)