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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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Feb. 2, 2021 | UT | HB 102 | Requires Giving Prisoner Access to Contraception Medication | Bill Passed - House (53 - 19) |
Feb. 18, 2010 | UT | HB 12 | Abortion and Homicide Law Amendments | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 4) |
Jan. 29, 2010 | UT | HB 12 | Abortion and Homicide Law Amendments | Bill Passed - House (59 - 12) |
March 5, 2008 | UT | HB 15 | Sexually Transmitted Disease Education | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (50 - 17) |
Jan. 29, 2009 | UT | HB 17 | Allowing Doctors to Prescribe Antibiotics to Unnamed Sexual Partners | Bill Passed - House (63 - 8) |
Feb. 3, 2009 | UT | HB 222 | Offering Anesthetics to Women Undergoing Abortions | Bill Passed - House (56 - 15) |
March 1, 2023 | UT | HB 297 | Requires Law Enforcement Compile Data on Sexual Assault Reports | Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 6) |
Feb. 17, 2023 | UT | HB 297 | Requires Law Enforcement Compile Data on Sexual Assault Reports | Bill Passed - House (53 - 14) |
March 6, 2012 | UT | HB 363 | Requires Abstinence-Only Sexual Education in Public Schools | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 10) |
Feb. 22, 2012 | UT | HB 363 | Requires Abstinence-Only Sexual Education in Public Schools | Bill Passed - House (45 - 28) |
March 12, 2020 | UT | HB 364 | Requires an Ultrasound Procedure Prior to Abortion | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 32) |
Feb. 15, 2013 | UT | HB 50 | Expands Protective Orders to Dating Relationships | Bill Passed - House (61 - 11) |
Feb. 3, 2009 | UT | HB 90 | Increasing Illegal Abortion Penalty | Bill Passed - House (56 - 16) |
March 12, 2020 | UT | SB 174 | Prohibits Abortion if Roe v Wade is Overturned by the Supreme Court | Bill Passed - House (51 - 21) |
Feb. 6, 2012 | UT | SB 32 | Breast Cancer Screening | Bill Passed - House (66 - 6) |
Jan. 31, 2012 | UT | SB 32 | Breast Cancer Screening | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 5) |
Feb. 25, 2016 | UT | SB 59 | Requires Employers Provide Certain Accommodations | Bill Passed - House (59 - 15) |
Feb. 2, 2016 | UT | SB 59 | Requires Employers Provide Certain Accommodations | Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 9) |
March 6, 2020 | UT | SB 67 | Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 6) |
March 6, 2020 | UT | SB 67 | Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 6) |
March 6, 2020 | UT | SB 67 | Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains | Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 20) |
March 6, 2020 | UT | SB 67 | Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains | Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 20) |
March 4, 2020 | UT | SB 67 | Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains | Bill Passed - House (58 - 14) |
March 4, 2020 | UT | SB 67 | Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains | Bill Passed - House (58 - 14) |