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CS/CS/SB 1098: Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Judiciary ; Burton

Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures; Authorizing a court to delegate the right to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures of incapacitated persons in certain circumstances; requiring that initial and annual guardianship plans, respectively, state whether any power under the ward’s preexisting order not to resuscitate or advance directive is revoked, modified, suspended, or transferred to the guardian; authorizing a guardian to petition a court for approval to consent to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 5/2/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1119 (Ch. 2023-287) -SJ 689
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/22/2023 Senate • Filed
2/28/2023 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
3/2/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/07/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
3/8/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 140
3/9/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
3/14/2023 Senate • CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
3/15/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules
• CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
3/27/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/30/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
3/30/2023 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/5/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/11/23
4/11/2023 Senate • Retained on Calendar
4/27/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/23
5/2/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 689
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 1119 -SJ 689
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1119 (Ch. 2023-287) -SJ 689