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

DateAction
12/17/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102935D
12/17/2014Referred to Committee on Finance
01/21/2015Budget amendments available
02/08/2015Reported from Finance with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2015Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2015Passed by for the day
02/11/2015Motion for Special and Continuing Order (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2015Passed by for the day
02/12/2015Read second time
02/12/2015Passed by temporarily
02/12/2015Uncontested committee amendments agreed to
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.56 Item 290 #1s)
02/12/2015Pending question ordered (23-Y 14-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.64 Item 301 #11s) (22-Y 15-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.83 Item 335 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.110 Item 444 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.138 Item C-25.60 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.154 Item 3-5.14 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.154 Item 3-5.15 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.154 Item 3-5.16 #2s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.155 Item 3-5.17 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.155 Item 3-5.18 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.155 Item 3-5.19 #1s)
02/12/2015Contested committee amendment agreed to (P.158 Item 4-4.01 #1s)
02/12/2015Amendments by Senator Marsden rejected
02/12/2015Reading of amendment waived
02/12/2015Amendment by Senator Miller rejected
02/12/2015Reading of amendments waived
02/12/2015Amendments by Senator Obenshain rejected
02/12/2015Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2015Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2015Placed on Calendar
02/16/2015Read first time
02/16/2015Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/24/2015Left 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.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB1400.

Comments

ACLU-VA Legislative Agenda, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

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.

ACLU-VA Women's Rights and Reproductive Freedom, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

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.