SB 1012 — Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-06
Digest: The Act requires that a doctor provide the same standard of care to any child born alive that requires life-saving treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Thatcher, Kim (R, OR-11) — sponsor
- Starr, Bruce (R, OR-12) — cosponsor
- Robinson, Noah (R, OR-2) — cosponsor
- Smith, David Brock (R, OR-1) — cosponsor
- McLane, Mike (R, OR-30) — cosponsor
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | McLane, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Robinson, Noah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Smith, David Brock | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Starr, Bruce | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Thatcher, Kim | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thatcher, Kim (R, state_upper OR-11) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | McLane, Mike (R, state_upper OR-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Robinson, Noah (R, state_upper OR-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Starr, Bruce (R, state_upper OR-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-02-06 · sponsored by Thatcher, Kim (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Robinson, Noah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by McLane, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Starr, Bruce (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Smith, David Brock (cosponsor) · sponsorship