Regulation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Requires the Department of Health to promulgate regulations for the registration of Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Click here to see the fact sheet.
Referred to House Health Welfare and Institutions Subcommittee #3. Passed by indefinitely by a voice vote.
Referred to Senate Health and Education Health Care Subcommittee. Carried over by request of the Patron.
Resolution: Breast Cancer Detection: Requests the State Health Commissioner to promote and emphasize yearly mammograms as an effective tool in breast cancer prevention. The State Health Commissioner must submit an executive summary and report of his progress in meeting the request of this resolution to the 2011 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Referred to the House Rules Committee. Reported from Rules (15-Y, 0-N). Passed the House (88-Y, 0-N). Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. Reported from Rules on a voice vote. Passed the Senate (40-Y, 0-N).
Special license plates; TRUST WOMEN/RESPECTI CHOICE. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates bearing the legend: TRUST WOMEN/RESPECT CHOICE. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the Virginia League of Planned Parenthood to provide women's health services in Virginia.
Referred to House Transportation Subcommittee #3. Subcommittee #3 recommends reporting bill to full committee (6-Y, 0-N). Reported from committee (15Y, 6-N). Passed the House with amendments (77-Y, 22-N). Referred to Senate Transportation. Failed to report (6-Y, 7-N).
Referred to Senate Transportation Committee. Rolled into SB18 (11-Y, 3-N). Passed the Senate (26-Y, 8-N). Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y, 0-N). Reported from Committee (15-Y, 6-N). Referred to House Transportation Subcommittee #3. Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y, 0-N). Reported from Transportation (15-Y, 6-N). Passed the House with an amendment (81-Y, 15-N). Senate rejects amendments (13-Y, 22-N). House requests conference committee. Senate agrees to conference committee (Senate: Lucas, Ticer, Wagner, Deeds). Conference report agreed to (63-Y, 30-N). Awaiting Governor's signature.
Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights of the Unborn: Provides that persons, including unborn children at every stage of development, enjoy the inherent rights to the enjoyment of life and liberty guaranteed by Article I, Section I of the Constitution of Virginia and the right to due process guaranteed in Article I, Section II of the Constitution of Virginia.
Referred to House Courts of Justice Constitutional Law Subcommittee. Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y, 5-N).
Abortion: Informed Consent: Requires information on the effects abortion may have on future pregnancies to be included in the information required for informed consent.
Referred to House Courts of Justice Criminal Subcommittee. Passed Subcommittee with amendments (9-Y, 0-N). Reported from Courts of Justice committee with amendments (22-Y, 0-N). Passed the House (95-Y, 2-N). Referred to Senate Education and Health Committee. Passed by indefinitely (11-Y, 4-N).
Residency Training in OBGYN: No candidate for the examination to practice medicine shall be required to complete training in the procedure of induced abortion in residency training in obstetrics and gynecology.
Referred to House Health Welfare and Institutions Subcommittee #4. Left in Subcommittee.
Abortion Clinics: Licensure and Regulation (TRAP): Requires all abortion clinics, defined as any facility other than a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center in which 25 or more first trimester abortions are performed in any 12-month period, to be licensed and regulated by the Board of Health. Click here to see the fact sheet.
Referred to House Health Welfare and Institutions Committee. Reported from Health Welfare and Institutions committee (16-Y, 6-N). Passed the House (72-Y, 25-N). Referred to Senate Health and Education Committee. Committee failed to report (4-Y, 11-N).
Producing Abortion or Miscarriage; Penalty: Provides that any preson, including the pregnant female, who administers to, or causes to be taken by, a pregnant female, any drug or other thing, or uses means with intent to destroy her unborn child, or to produce abortion or miscarriage, and thereby destroys such child or produces such abortion or miscarriage, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. This bill exempts medically approved contraceptives or legally prescribed medication as a means of producing abortion or miscarriage. Current law does not with specificity include the pregnant female as a possible perpetrator.
Referred to House Courts of Justice Committee. Left in Courts of Justice.
Informed Consent Includes Ultrasound to Determine Gestation Age: Requires that, as a component of informed consent to an abortion, to determine gestation age, every pregnant female shall undergo ultrasound imaging and be given an opportunity to view the ultrasound image of her fetus prior to the abortion.
Referred to House Courts of Justice Civil Subcommittee. Reported from subcommittee (7-Y, 3-N). Reported from House Courts of Justice Committee (16-Y, 6-N). Passed the House (65-Y, 33-N). Referred to Senate Education and Health Committee. Left in Senate Education and Health.
Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers: Out of the general fund appropriations for this item, the State Board of Health, in conjunction with the Board of Medicine, shall develop a program for the licensure, inspection and regulation of women's outpatient surgical clinics and physician offices that perform 25 or more abortions per year.
Referred to Appropriations Health and Human Resource Subcommittee.
Medicaid Funding Restriction: No expenditures from general, special or other nongeneral fund sources may be made out of any appropriation by the General Assembly for providing abortion services, except as otherwise require by federal statute. However, nothing herein shall prevent a physician from providing medical assistance to preserve the life of a pregnant woman provided that every possible measure shall be taken to preserve the life of the unborn child of the pregnant woman.
Referred to Appropriations Health and Human Resource Subcommittee.
Budget amendment offered on the floor by Del. Byron (R-69). Passed the House (61-Y, 38-N). Killed in conference.
Planned Parenthood Funding Restriction: No expenditures from general, special or other nongeneral fund sources may be made out of any appropriation by the General Assembly to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
Referred to Appropriations Health and Human Resource Subcommittee. Killed in conference.
Planned Parenthood Funding Restriction: No expenditure from general, special, or other non-general fund sources shall be made out of any appropriation by the General Assembly to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof. Click here to see the fact sheet.
Referred to Senate Finance Committee. Failed to report.
Funding Restrictions: No expenditure from general, special, or other non-general fund sources may be made out of any appropriation by the General Assembly for services provided by any organization providing abortion or abortino counseling servcies, except hospitals as defined in Section 32.1-123 of teh Code of Virginia. Click here to see the fact sheet.
Referred to Senate Finance Committee. Failed to report.