April 17, 2009
Priority bills at a glance
- Feticide: SB 236 enhances criminal penalties up to 20 years. Passed House 96-0, full passage likely. Church supports.
- Wrongful death of fetus: SB 341, passed Senate, 47-2; House bill withdrawn, resurrection possible. Church supports
- Physician admitting privileges, holds abortion doctors accountable for abortions, SB 89, passed Senate 44-6, House Public Policy Committee 8-4, passage likely. Church supports.
- Abortion matters, enhances informed consent for abortion, passes Senate 39-11, resurrection possible in conference committee, passage uncertain. Church supports.
- Scholarship Tax Credits, provides school choice for lower income families, SB 528 amended into budget bill HB 1001, passage uncertain. Church supports.
- Death Row Inmate execution times changed and death row inmate housing study, SB 296, passed Senate 48-0, House passage unlikely. Church supports.
- Foreclosure notice for tenants, SB 225 and HB 1081, in conference committee negotiations. Church supports.
- Charity gaming, allows festival workers to participate in church festivals, SB 414, passage likely. Church supports.
- Commission on Childhood poverty, SB 260, House passage likely. Church supports.
- FSSA Modernization, provides better access to social services for the elderly and disabled, HB 1195, passed House 53-45. In conference committee negotiations. Church supports.
- Sales tax exemption for energy assistance, HB 1080, passed House, resurrection possible in conference committee, passage uncertain. Church supports.
- Immigration Reform SB 580, passed Senate 37-13, resurrection possible in conference committee, passage uncertain. Seen as harming all immigrant families, opposed by the Church.