To Amend The Medical Ethics And Diversity Act.
95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
A worker in the medical field, whether a contractor or employee, has the right to not facilitate or participate in an abortion, assisted suicide, or gender transition procedure or service in any manner.
A state licensing, certifying, or recognizing board or entity, or the Department of Health, shall not reprimand [...] a medical practitioner for engaging in speech, expression, or association [...] unless the board, entity, or the department, [...] demonstrates [...] that the medical practitioner’s speech, expression, or association was the direct cause of physical harm to a person with whom the medical practitioner had a practitioner-patient relationship within the three (3) years immediately preceding the incident of physical harm.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-15 | 08:00 | Hearing | Room 130 | House Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-14 | 13:30 | Hearing | N/A | Senate State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs |
| 2025-04-14 | 13:30 | Hearing | Room 309 | Senate State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs |
| 2025-04-14 | 13:30 | Hearing | Room 130 | House Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-10 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 130 | House Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-09 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 130 | House Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-08 | 00:00 | Hearing | Room 130 | House Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-08 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 130 | House Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-07 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 130 | House Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-02 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-01 | 00:00 | Hearing | Room 171 | Senate Insurance & Commerce |
| 2025-04-01 | 00:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-04-01 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-03-31 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-03-31 | 00:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-03-31 | 12:00 | Hearing | Room B, MAC | House Rules |
| 2025-03-19 | 00:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-03-19 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-03-18 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
| 2025-03-17 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 272 | Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-04-22 | Notification that SB444 is now Act 970 |
| 2025-04-16 | Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. |
| 2025-04-16 | Returned to the Senate as passed. |
| 2025-04-16 | Returned from the House as passed. |
| 2025-04-16 | ORDERED ENROLLED |
| 2025-04-16 | Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. |
| 2025-04-16 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. |
| 2025-04-15 | Returned by the Committee Do Pass |
| 2025-04-03 | Read the third time and passed. |
| 2025-04-03 | Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. |
| 2025-04-03 | RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE |
| 2025-04-03 | Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE |
| 2025-04-02 | Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass |
| 2025-03-20 | Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 |
| 2025-03-20 | Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. |
| 2025-03-20 | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED |
| 2025-03-20 | Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE |
| 2025-03-12 | Filed |
| 2025-03-12 | Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE |