Budget Bill. (SB800)
Introduced By
Sen. Chuck Colgan (D-Manassas) with support from co-patron Sen. Walter Stosch (R-Glen Allen)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 3, 2014 Special Session I Acts of Assembly.
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
---|---|
12/17/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102935D |
12/17/2014 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
01/21/2015 | Budget amendments available |
02/08/2015 | Reported from Finance with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2015 | Passed by for the day |
02/11/2015 | Motion for Special and Continuing Order (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2015 | Passed by for the day |
02/12/2015 | Read second time |
02/12/2015 | Passed by temporarily |
02/12/2015 | Uncontested committee amendments agreed to |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.56 Item 290 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Pending question ordered (23-Y 14-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.64 Item 301 #11s) (22-Y 15-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.83 Item 335 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.110 Item 444 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.138 Item C-25.60 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.154 Item 3-5.14 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.154 Item 3-5.15 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.154 Item 3-5.16 #2s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.155 Item 3-5.17 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.155 Item 3-5.18 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.155 Item 3-5.19 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.158 Item 4-4.01 #1s) |
02/12/2015 | Amendments by Senator Marsden rejected |
02/12/2015 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/12/2015 | Amendment by Senator Miller rejected |
02/12/2015 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/12/2015 | Amendments by Senator Obenshain rejected |
02/12/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2015 | Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
02/16/2015 | Read first time |
02/16/2015 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/24/2015 | Left in Appropriations |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 4 clips in all, totaling 1 hour.
Comments
The ACLU of Virginia strongly opposes Budget Amendment 4-5.04 #1s, which repeals funding for Medicaid-eligible women who seek abortion after a physician certifies in writing that the fetus has an incapacitating physical or mental anomaly. By holding back healthcare assistance funds from women who qualify for them, politicians are to attempting to control women’s healthcare decisions just because they disagree with some women’s decisions. This is wrong – a woman’s healthcare decisions must be left to her and her doctor. Medicaid-eligible women in Virginia should not face limited reproductive healthcare options just because they are poor. Though we can each have different personal feelings about abortion, it’s not okay for some politicians to withhold health care assistance funds from women who qualify for them. We can use the resources our Commonwealth has to make sure that each woman is truly able to make a real decision about whether to have an abortion.
The ACLU of Virginia strongly opposes Budget Amendment 4-5.04 #1s, which repeals funding for Medicaid-eligible women who seek abortion after a physician certifies in writing that the fetus has an incapacitating physical or mental anomaly. By holding back healthcare assistance funds from women who qualify for them, politicians are to attempting to control women’s healthcare decisions just because they disagree with some women’s decisions. This is wrong – a woman’s healthcare decisions must be left to her and her doctor. Medicaid-eligible women in Virginia should not face limited reproductive healthcare options just because they are poor. Though we can each have different personal feelings about abortion, it’s not okay for some politicians to withhold health care assistance funds from women who qualify for them. We can use the resources our Commonwealth has to make sure that each woman is truly able to make a real decision about whether to have an abortion.