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House Bill 2

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Last Action	02/02/21: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 4)
Title	AN ACT relating to medical procedures and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Acts Chapter 4 Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	864
Sponsors	J. Fischer, L. Bechler, S. Baker, D. Bentley, A. Bowling, J. Branscum, J. Bray, R. Bridges, J. Calloway, J. Decker, J. DuPlessis, D. Elliott, D. Fister, P. Flannery, D. Frazier Gordon, C. Freeland, C. Fugate, R. Goforth, D. Hale, M. Hart, R. Heath, R. Huff, T. Huff, M. Imes, K. King, W. Lawrence, D. Lewis, S. Lewis, S. Maddox, C. Massey, B. McCool, C. McCoy, S. McPherson, D. Meade , S. Miles, K. Moser, D. Osborne, P. Pratt, M. Prunty, B. Reed, B. Rowland, S. Rudy, S. Santoro, S. Sharp, S. Sheldon, T. Smith, N. Tate, W. Thomas, J. Tipton, K. Upchurch, B. Wesley
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 15.241 to allow the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief as well as civil and criminal penalties to prevent, penalize, and remedy violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities, violations of KRS 311.710 to 311.830 relating to abortions, and violations of emergency management orders relating to elective medical procedures issued under KRS Chapter 39A; specify that nothing in this section shall limit or preclude the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from seeking similar relief; create a noncodified section to prohibit an abortion facility from deeming an abortion to be an emergent or urgent medical procedure and to prohibit a physician from deeming an abortion to be performed in an abortion facility to be an emergent or urgent medical procedure during the state of emergency declared in response to COVID-19; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Crimes and Punishments - Abortion statutes, enforcement Criminal Procedure - Abortion statutes, enforcement Effective Dates, Emergency - Abortion statutes, enforcement Physicians and Practitioners - Abortion statutes, enforcement Reproductive Issues - Abortion statutes, enforcement Attorney General - Abortion statutes, enforcement Civil Actions - Abortion statutes, enforcement
Votes	Vote History
Governor's Veto Message	Veto

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12/03/20	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/05/21	introduced in House to Judiciary (H) taken from Judiciary (H) 1st reading returned to Judiciary (H) posting waived
01/06/21	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 7, 2021
01/07/21	3rd reading, passed 75-18 received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S) to Judiciary (S) taken from Judiciary (S) 1st reading returned to Judiciary (S)
01/08/21	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 9, 2021
01/09/21	3rd reading, passed 30-5 received in House enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
01/19/21	Vetoed
02/02/21	received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day for consideration of Governor's veto. veto overridden bill passed 73-20 received in Senate to Rules (S) taken from Rules posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden Bill passed 32-5 received in House enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 4)

Last updated: 11/9/2023 2:52 PM (EST)