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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 224

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Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. (FE)

Abortion Legislature — Criminal penalties, joint review committee on Maternal and infant care Medical assistance Sales

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from knowingly, and for valuable consideration,

acquiring, receiving, or otherwise transferring a human organ. Current federal law

prohibits a person from knowingly acquiring, receiving, or otherwise transferring,

in interstate commerce, any fetal tissue for valuable consideration. This bill

prohibits a person from knowingly and for valuable consideration acquiring,

receiving, or otherwise transferring a fetal body part in this state. A fetal body part

is a cell, tissue, organ, or other part of, or any material derived from any cell or tissue

of, an unborn child who is aborted by an induced abortion. The bill also prohibits a

person from knowingly providing, receiving, or using, for experimentation a fetal

body part in this state, regardless of whether the provision, receipt, or use is for

valuable consideration.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , August (R) , Bies (R) , Born (R) , Craig (R) , Endsley (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knudson (R) , Krug (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Murphy (R) , Nass (R) , Petersen (R) , Pridemore (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Severson (R) , Spiros (R) , Strachota (R) , Stroebel (R) , Suder (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R)

5 cosponsors

Farrow (R) , Grothman (R) , Kedzie (R) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R)

Full history

  1. May 29, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Thiesfeldt, August, Bies, Born, Craig, Endsley, Hutton, Kapenga, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Knudson, Krug, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Murphy, Nass, A. Ott, Petersen, Pridemore, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Severson, Spiros, Strachota, Stroebel, Suder, Tauchen, Tittl and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Farrow, Grothman, Lazich and Leibham

  2. May 29, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice

  3. Jun 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1