l9n/ Connecticut

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 5898

AN ACT CONCERNING AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health Committee on April 1, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To provide aid in dying to terminally ill patients.

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

5 co-sponsors

Jonathan Steinberg, Joseph P. Gresko, Josh Elliott, John "Jack" F. Hennessy, David Michel

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Mary Daugherty Abrams

    Its course

    January 23 to April 1, 2019, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 23 to Apr 1 · stopped68 days

    Public Health CommitteeJan 23 to Apr 1 · stopped68 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 Jan 23 – Mar 13

    1. Jan 23Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Feb 14Drafted as a bill by Public Health Committee
    3. Feb 15Sent to Public Health Committee
    4. Mar 13Heard in Public Health Committee
    All 6 actions, as published
    1. Jan 23REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 6Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Feb 14DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Feb 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Apr 1Vote to Hold until next meetingBoth houses