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AZ SB1362

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2024

Primary Sponsor

Priya Sundareshan

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Defines "contraception" as actions taken to prevent pregnancy, including contraceptive use, fertility-awareness methods, and sterilization procedures.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Preserves the requirement that sterilization procedures must be performed with the patient's voluntary and informed consent.

Legislative Description

Contraception; rights; limits.

Definitions

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

Committee Referrals

Rules1/31/2024
Health and Human Services1/31/2024

Full Bill Text

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