SF0097 • 2020

Born alive infant-means of care.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring the commonly accepted means of care to be employed in the treatment of any infant born alive; imposing duties on physicians performing abortions; exempting parents from liability for the actions of physicians performing abortions; and providing for an effective date.

Abortion Crime Healthcare

Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor: Senator Steinmetz
Last action: 2020-03-30
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 7/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide a plain language title or specific details about 'viable infant' as used in the candidate explanation.

Born Alive Infant Care Act

This bill requires doctors to provide standard medical care for infants born alive during an abortion and protects parents from legal responsibility if a doctor follows these rules.

What This Bill Does

Requires doctors to use common medical practices when caring for babies who are born alive during an abortion procedure.
Imposes duties on physicians performing abortions to take medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of any infant born alive.
Exempts parents from criminal or civil liability for actions taken by a physician under this section.

Who It Names or Affects

Doctors who perform abortions
Parents of infants born alive during an abortion

Terms To Know

Commonly accepted means of care: Standard medical practices used for any newborn baby.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill was vetoed by the governor on March 30, 2020.
It is unclear if lawmakers will try to override this veto or pass a similar law in the future.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0097H2001

2nd reading • Representative Connolly

Failed

Plain English: The amendment proposes to remove newly added language from the bill SF0097, which relates to public health and safety.

Removes all new text that was previously added to page 2 of lines 1 and 2 in the original bill.

The specific content removed is not provided, so it's unclear what exactly has been deleted from the bill.

SF0097H3001

3rd reading • Representative Barlow

Divided

Plain English: The amendment modifies the bill to remove certain requirements and insert new penalties for violations related to the treatment of infants born alive during abortions.

Removes language requiring commonly accepted means of care for infants born alive.
Adds a provision stating that physicians are not liable for actions taken at the request of parents under this section.
Inserts a penalty clause making violations of the section punishable as a misdemeanor.

The amendment text does not provide full context, so some details about what is being removed or modified cannot be fully explained without additional information.

SF0097H3001.01

3rd reading • Representative Barlow

Corrected, Failed

Plain English: The amendment adds a provision that protects physicians from criminal and civil liability when they take actions requested by the parents of an infant born alive.

Adds protection for physicians against legal consequences if they act according to the wishes of the infant's parents.

The amendment does not specify what 'commonly accepted means of care' are or how this affects abortion procedures beyond protecting doctors from liability when acting on parental requests.

SF0097H3001.02

3rd reading • Representative Barlow

Corrected, Failed

Plain English: The amendment adds penalties for violating the requirements related to the treatment of infants born alive during abortions.

Adds a new section that specifies penalties for anyone who violates the provisions in this bill, making it punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.

The amendment does not specify what specific actions would be considered violations under this section.

SF0097H3001.03

3rd reading • Representative Barlow

Corrected, Failed

Plain English: The amendment removes parts of the bill that require specific care for infants born alive and replaces them with new language.

Removes the requirement to provide certain medical care for any infant born alive.
Strikes out all newly added text on page 2, lines 1 through 3.
Adds a label '(a)' before 'Any' in line 4 of page 2.

The amendment does not provide details about what new language will replace the deleted sections, making it unclear exactly how the bill's requirements have changed.

SF0097H3002

3rd reading • Representative Yin

Withdrawn

Plain English: The amendment withdraws a previous change and reverts the bill to its original form before that change was made.

Removes a previously added amendment (SF0097H3001/AE) from the bill.
Restores all language that was previously stricken or modified by other amendments.

The exact nature of the previous changes being removed is not specified in this amendment text, making it hard to describe their specific content.

SF0097SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes the word 'all' from a specific line in the bill.

Removes the word 'all' from page 2, line 3 of the bill.

It is unclear what removing 'all' will change without more context about the original sentence.

Bill History

2020-03-30 Governor
Governor Vetoed SEA No. 0052
2020-03-30 Wyoming Legislature
Veto Message Received
2020-03-12 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0052
2020-03-12 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0052
2020-03-11 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0052
2020-03-11 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-16-0-0-0
2020-03-10 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-03-09 House
H COW:Passed
2020-03-06 House
H Placed on General File
2020-03-06 House
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0
2020-03-04 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
2020-03-02 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-27 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-7-0-0-0
2020-02-26 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-25 Senate
S COW:Passed
2020-02-24 Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-02-24 Senate
S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2020-02-12 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 22-7-1-0-0
2020-02-11 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2020-02-10 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0415

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0097

ENROLLED ACT NO. 52,

SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring the commonly accepted means of care to be employed in the treatment of any infant born alive; imposing duties on physicians performing abortions; exempting parents from liability for the actions of physicians performing abortions; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 35
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104 is amended to read:

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104.

Means of treatment for viable abortion.

The commonly accepted means of care
that would be rendered to any other infant born alive
shall be employed in the treatment of any viable infant aborted alive
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with any chance of survival.
Any physician performing an abortion shall take medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of an infant born alive. The parents of an infant born alive shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for the actions of a physician under this section.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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