SB 1554 — 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 2026-01-15
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
- Linthicum, Diane (R, OR-28) — sponsor
- Smith, David Brock (R, OR-1) — sponsor
- Anderson, Dick (R, OR-5) — cosponsor
- Nash, Todd (R, OR-29) — cosponsor
- Robinson, Noah (R, OR-2) — cosponsor
- Thatcher, Kim (R, OR-11) — cosponsor
- Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Girod, Fred (R, OR-9) — cosponsor
- Drazan, Christine (R, OR-26) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Health Care.
- · state_upper — Motion to withdraw from committee on Health Care failed.
- · state_upper — In committee upon adjournment.
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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 | Linthicum, Diane (R, state_upper OR-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Anderson, Dick (R, state_upper OR-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Drazan, Christine (R, state_upper OR-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Girod, Fred (R, state_upper OR-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nash, Todd (R, state_upper OR-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Robinson, Noah (R, state_upper OR-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Thatcher, Kim (R, state_upper OR-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Weber, Suzanne (R, state_upper OR-16) | 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