Rip Sullivan
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 6
Primary
Amends the assisted conception statute to provide gender-neutral terminology. The bill allows an unmarried individual to be an intended parent, paralleling the ability of an unmarried individual to adopt under the adoption statutes. The bill further allows for the use of an embryo subject to the legal or contractual custody of an intended parent in a surrogacy arrangement. The bill contains technical amendments.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 375 (effective 7/1/19)
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106595D-S1 (63-Y 36-N)
Placed on Calendar
Passed by for the day
Reading of amendment waived
Read third time
Reading of substitute waived
Committee substitute agreed to 19106595D-S1
Amendment by Senator Peake rejected
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1979S1
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (61-Y 36-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101108D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101108D | HTML |
| Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106595D-S1 | HTML |
| House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER) | HTML |
| Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0375) | HTML |
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