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 Bill Status of HB2462  101.th General Assembly


Short Description:  ABORTION LAW-FETAL HEART BEAT

House Sponsors
Rep. Chris Miller - Brad Halbrook - Blaine Wilhour - Thomas Morrison - Darren Bailey, Thomas M. Bennett and Allen Skillicorn

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 510/2from Ch. 38, par. 81-22


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Defines "viability" to include when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician based on the particular facts of the case before the attending physician, the unborn child has a fetal heartbeat. Defines "fetal heartbeat" as the cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/13/2019HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Chris Miller
  2/13/2019HouseFirst Reading
  2/13/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/14/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
  2/14/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Blaine Wilhour
  2/14/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
  2/14/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
  2/26/2019HouseAssigned to Human Services Committee
  3/21/2019HouseTo Informed Consent Subcommittee
  3/29/2019HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  4/1/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
  2/4/2020HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

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