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AZ SB1362
Bill
Status
1/31/2024
Primary Sponsor
Priya Sundareshan
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AI Summary
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Establishes a right for individuals to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, and a corresponding right for health professionals to provide contraceptives and contraception-related information.
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Defines "contraception" as actions taken to prevent pregnancy, including contraceptive use, fertility-awareness methods, and sterilization procedures.
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Defines "contraceptive" to include drugs, devices, and biological products legally marketed under federal law, including oral contraceptives, long-acting reversible contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, condoms, and other methods.
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Prohibits the state or political subdivisions from limiting contraceptive access through requirements that single out contraceptive providers or impede access to contraceptives or contraception-related information.
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Preserves the requirement that sterilization procedures must be performed with the patient's voluntary and informed consent.
Legislative Description
Contraception; rights; limits.
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Last Action
Senate miscellaneous motion: Senator Sundareshan moved to suspend Senate Rules 2J, 8A and 8B and notwithstanding Senate Rule 16, for the purpose of bringing Senate Bill 1362 to Third Reading immediately. Motion failed., voting: (13-15-2-0)
3/13/2024