CHAPTER 119
HB 1609-FN - FINAL VERSION
31Mar2022... 1209h
2022 SESSION
22-2099
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1609-FN
AN ACT relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination.
SPONSORS: Rep. Wolf, Merr. 5; Rep. Deshaies, Carr. 6; Rep. Allard, Merr. 21; Rep. Graham, Hills. 7; Rep. Ham, Graf. 5; Rep. Depalma IV, Graf. 1
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides an exception from the prohibition on abortion after 24 weeks in cases of fetal abnormalities incompatible with life and construes the ultrasound requirement for purposes of determining the gestational age of the fetus.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
31Mar2022... 1209h 22-2099
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
119:1 Fetal Life Protection Act; Prohibitions; Ultrasound Examination Requirement. Amend RSA 329:44, I and II to read as follows:
I. Except in the case of a medical emergency as specifically defined in paragraph III, no abortion shall be performed, induced, or attempted by any health care provider unless a health care provider has first made a determination of the probable gestational age of the fetus. In making such a determination, the health care provider shall make such inquiries of the pregnant woman and perform or cause to be performed all such medical examinations, imaging studies, and tests as a reasonably prudent health care provider in the community, knowledgeable about the medical facts and conditions of both the woman and the fetus involved, would consider necessary to perform and consider in making an accurate diagnosis with respect to gestational age, provided, however, that the health care provider shall conduct an obstetric ultrasound examination of the patient for the purpose of making the determination. This paragraph shall be construed to require the performance of an ultrasound only if the provider either knows that the fetus has a gestational age of at least 24 weeks or is conscious of a substantial risk that the fetus has a gestational age of at least 24 weeks.
II. Except in the case of fetal abnormalities incompatible with life, or a medical emergency as specifically defined in paragraph III, no health care provider shall knowingly perform, induce, or attempt to perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when the probable gestational age of her fetus has been determined to be at least 24 weeks or in the absence of a determination by a health care provider pursuant to paragraph I as to the fetus' probable gestational age.
119:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 27, 2022
Effective Date: May 27, 2022
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 18, 2022 | House | Floor Vote |
| Jan. 18, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 23, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| April 12, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 21, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 12, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 21, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 1, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 119; Eff. 05/27/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
April 21, 2022: Ought to Pass: RC 19Y-5N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
April 21, 2022: Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2022-1680s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
April 21, 2022: Sen. Birdsell Moved to Remove HB 1609 from the Consent Calendar; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
April 21, 2022: Sen. Birdsell Moved to Remove HB 1609 from the Consent Calendar; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
April 14, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16
April 6, 2022: Hearing: 04/12/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 15
April 14, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16
April 6, 2022: Hearing: 04/12/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 15
April 5, 2022: Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8
April 5, 2022: Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8
March 31, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1209h: MA RC 231-114 03/31/2022 HJ 9
March 31, 2022: Lay HB1609 on Table (Rep. Love): MF DV 101-243 03/31/2022 HJ 9
March 31, 2022: Amendment # 2022-1209h (NT): AA DV 319-25 03/31/2022 HJ 9
March 24, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1209h (NT) (Vote 20-1; RC)
March 18, 2022: ==CONTINUED== Division III Work Session: 03/21/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
March 11, 2022: Division III Work Session: 03/14/2022 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
March 9, 2022: Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
Feb. 17, 2022: Referred to Finance 02/17/2022 HJ 4
Feb. 18, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA RC 179-174 02/17/2022 HJ 4
Feb. 18, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA RC 179-174 02/17/2022 HJ 4
Feb. 18, 2022: Remove from Table (Rep. Weber): MA RC 178-175 02/17/2022 HJ 4
Feb. 18, 2022: Remove from Table (Rep. Weber): MA RC 178-175 02/17/2022 HJ 4
Feb. 18, 2022: Lay on Table (Rep. Baldasaro): MA RC 177-176 02/17/2022
Feb. 17, 2022: Referred to Finance 02/17/2022 HJ 4
Feb. 18, 2022: Lay on Table (Rep. Baldasaro): MA RC 177-176 02/17/2022
Feb. 17, 2022: Amendment # 2022-0048h: AF DV 175-177 02/17/2022 HJ 4
Jan. 21, 2022: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
Jan. 21, 2022: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
Jan. 21, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # Majority 2022-0048h (NT) (Vote 11-10; RC)
Jan. 21, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # Majority 2022-0048h (NT) (Vote 11-10; RC)
Feb. 1, 2022: Executive Session: 01/18/2022 09:30 am LOB 205-207
Jan. 12, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/18/2022 09:50 am LOB 210-211
Dec. 22, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs