SB 384 — Requires health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: The Act tells doctors to provide a child born alive with a level of care based on the child's gestational age, even if the child was born after an attempt to abort the child. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Requires health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion. Requires a health care practitioner to ensure that a child born alive is transported to a hospital. Creates a crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows a specified person to bring a civil action for damages and equitable relief against a health care practitioner for failure to exercise the proper degree of care. Directs the court to award attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff. Allows the court to order identity or personally identifiable information of plaintiff protected from disclosure. Defines "individual" for purposes of statute laws of this state to include an infant born alive.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Thatcher, Kim (R, OR-11) — sponsor
- Bonham, Daniel (R, OR-26) — cosponsor
- Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Levy, Bobby (R, OR-58) — cosponsor
- Reschke, E. Werner (R, OR-55) — cosponsor
- Robinson, Noah (R, OR-2) — cosponsor
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Levy, Bobby | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Reschke, E. Werner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Bonham, Daniel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Robinson, Noah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Thatcher, Kim | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Weber, Suzanne | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | 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 | Bonham, Daniel (R, state_upper OR-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Levy, Bobby (R, state_lower OR-58) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Reschke, E. Werner (R, state_lower OR-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Robinson, Noah (R, state_upper OR-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Weber, Suzanne (R, state_upper OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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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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- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Reschke, E. Werner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Robinson, Noah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Thatcher, Kim (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Weber, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Bonham, Daniel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Levy, Bobby (cosponsor) · sponsorship