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SB 300: Pregnancy and Parenting Support

GENERAL BILL by Grall ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gruters ; Yarborough

Pregnancy and Parenting Support; Citing this act as the “Heartbeat Protection Act”; requiring the Department of Health to contract for the management and delivery of parenting support services, in addition to pregnancy support services; prohibiting physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the gestational age of the fetus is determined to be more than 6 weeks, rather than 15 weeks, with exceptions; providing an exception if the woman obtaining the abortion is doing so because she is a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking, subject to certain conditions; requiring that medications intended for use in a medical abortion be dispensed in person by a physician, etc. APPROPRIATION: $30,000,000

Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 4/14/2023 - Chapter No. 2023-21
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/7/2023 Senate • Filed
3/9/2023 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
3/14/2023 Senate • Introduced
3/15/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/20/2023 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 4
3/21/2023 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
3/23/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/28/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
3/28/2023 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 12 NAYS 7
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/30/23
3/30/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 277
• Amendment(s) failed (171258, 219412, 273570, 344972, 365590, 395128, 424832, 576072, 735932, 789458, 833920, 900524, 917694, 970730) -SJ 277
• Amendment(s) adopted (317486, 718612) -SJ 279
• Ordered engrossed
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/3/2023 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 309
• Passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 -SJ 309
4/5/2023 House • In Messages
4/10/2023 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
• 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
4/13/2023 House • Substituted for CS/HB 7
• Read 2nd time
• Amendment 800541 Failed
• Amendment 561809 Failed
• Amendment 467821 Failed
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• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• Passed; YEAS 70, NAYS 40
4/13/2023 Senate • Ordered enrolled
4/13/2023 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• Approved by Governor
4/14/2023 • Chapter No. 2023-21