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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 5326

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPASSIONATE AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health Committee on March 12, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To allow a physician to prescribe medication at the request of a mentally competent patient that has a terminal illness that such patient may self-administer to bring about his or her death.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Elizabeth B. Ritter

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Edward Meyer

    Its course

    February 24 to March 12, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action2 actions on 2 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 24 to Mar 12 · stopped16 days

    Public Health CommitteeFeb 24 to Mar 12 · stopped16 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 24 – Mar 12

    1. Feb 24Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Mar 12Heard in Public Health Committee
    All 2 actions, as published
    1. Feb 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 12PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses