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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 305

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Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.

Abortion Maternal and infant care 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

Generally, this bill prohibits certain sales and uses of fetal body parts derived

from an unborn child aborted by an induced abortion.

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 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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Allen (R) , August (R) , Bernier (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Craig (R) , Czaja (R) , Edming (R) , Gannon (R) , Heaton (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , J. Ott (R) , Jacque (R) , Jarchow (R) , Katsma (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knudson (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Petersen (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Vorpagel (R)

12 cosponsors

Duchow (R) , Gudex (R) , Kapenga (R) , Knodl (R) , Lazich (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Moulton (R) , Nass (R) , Roth (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 5

Passed 6–5 Sep 10, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Sep 10, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Aug 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Kleefisch, Brandtjen, Allen, August, Bernier, Born, R. Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Edming, Gannon, Heaton, Horlacher, Hutton, Jarchow, Katsma, Kerkman, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kremer, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, T. Larson, Macco, Murphy, Neylon, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Vorpagel and Ripp; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Lazich, LeMahieu, Moulton, Nass, Roth, Tiffany, Gudex, Kapenga and Wanggaard

  2. Aug 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Aug 11, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Aug 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 4, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Jacque and Kleefisch

  6. Sep 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  7. Sep 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  8. Sep 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Spiros withdrawn as a coauthor

  9. Sep 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Sep 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  11. Sep 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Sep 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 5

  13. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Duchow added as a coauthor

  14. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1