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HB0123 • 2009

Homicide during pregnancy.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing the offense of involuntary termination of pregnancy; imposing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Davison
Last action
2009-01-13
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2009-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction; No Further Action Prior to CoW Cutoff

  2. 2009-01-08 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0366

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0123

Homicide during pregnancy.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Davison, Brechtel, Harvey, Jaggi, McKim and Petersen and Senator(s) Cooper,
Jennings
, Meier and Peterson

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing the offense of involuntary termination of pregnancy; imposing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 6
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2
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109 is created to read:

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109.

Involuntary termination of pregnancy; penalty.

Whoever willfully kills any pregnant woman knowing that the woman is pregnant, and thereby causes the involuntary termination of the woman's pregnancy without a live birth, is guilty of involuntary termination of pregnancy, and in addition to any penalty imposed for the homicide of the woman shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than twenty (20) years and not more than life.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

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