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HB0074 • 2010

Homicide during pregnancy.

AN ACT relating to homicide; establishing the offense of homicide of a pregnant woman resulting in the involuntary termination of the pregnancy without a live birth; 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
2010-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2010-03-03 House

    H Bill Withdrawn by Sponsor

  2. 2010-02-09 House

    H Received for Introduction; Did Not Consider for Introduction Vote

  3. 2010-02-08 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2010
STATE OF
WYOMING
10LSO-0288

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0074

Homicide during pregnancy.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Davison, Brechtel, Childers,
Harvey
, Jaggi, McKim, Petersen and Teeters and Senator(s) Cooper, Dockstader,
Jennings
and Ross

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to homicide; establishing the offense of homicide of a pregnant woman resulting in the involuntary termination of the pregnancy without a live birth; 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:

6
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2
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109.

Homicide of a pregnant woman resulting in the involuntary termination of the pregnancy without a live birth
.

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 homicide, separate and distinct from the homicide of the pregnant woman, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for any term not less than twenty (20) years
, or during
life.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2010.

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