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ID H0381

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Replaces terminology throughout Idaho Code sections relating to reproduction, abortion, and vital statistics, changing "fetus" and "unborn child" to "preborn child" in multiple statutes.

  • Modifies definitions in sections governing abortion (18-502, 18-604, 18-608, 18-609), criminal charges (18-4001, 18-4006, 18-4016, 18-907), and health care professional conscience rights (18-611, 18-613).

  • Updates vital statistics and registration provisions (39-241, 39-260, 39-268, 39-269, 39-273) to use new terminology for death records, stillbirths, disinterment permits, and related documentation.

  • Revises anatomical gift law (39-3402, 39-3403) and fetal death/experimentation statutes (39-9303, 39-9304, 39-9504) to reflect terminology changes throughout.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2024, with emergency clause declared.

Legislative Description

Amends existing law to revise the terms “fetus” and “stillborn fetus” as “preborn child” and “stillborn child.”

PREBORN CHILDREN

Last Action

Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs

1/10/2024

Committee Referrals

State Affairs1/10/2024

Full Bill Text

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