Key Votes
Kansas Key Votes
HB 2062 - Violence Against Unborn Children - Key Vote
Kevin Yoder voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Kevin Yoder made in this general time period.
Stages
- May 9, 2007 Executive Signed
- April 25, 2007 House Conference Report Adopted
- April 3, 2007 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- March 28, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 31, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 11, 2007 House Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 9, 2007
Title: Violence Against Unborn Children
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) - April 25, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Violence Against Unborn Children
Highlight: - Amends the Kansas criminal code to include an unborn child within the definition of a person with regards to nine crimes and defines unborn child as a living human organism at any stage of gestation from fertilization until birth [sec. 4]. - Establishes that the law does not apply to any act committed by the mother of the unborn child or any medical procedure, including abortion, performed at the request of the mother [sec. 4(c)]. - Prohibits the sale and possession with intent to sell of simulated controlled substances and drug paraphernalia [sec. 9(1-2)]. - Establishes a controlled substances monitoring task force to develop a plan for creating a controlled substances prescription monitoring system [sec. 10(b)].
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) - April 3, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - March 28, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Violence Against Unborn Children
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that modifies the existing law regarding crime, and establishing Alexas Law to protect unborn children under the same criminal code as other people.
Highlight: - Amends the Kansas criminal code to include an unborn child within the definition of a person with regards to nine forms of criminal behavior [sec. 4(d)]. - Defines unborn child as a living human organism at any stage of gestation from fertilization until birth [sec. 4(b)(2)]. - Establishes that the law does not apply to any act committed by the mother of the unborn child or any medical procedure, including abortion, performed at the request of the mother [sec. 4(c)].
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Jan. 31, 2007
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 11, 2007
Title: Violence Against Unborn Children
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Steven Brunk (KS - R)
- Richard Carlson (KS - R)
- Pat Colloton (KS - R)
- Jeff Colyer (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald L. Dahl (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- John C. Grange (KS - R)
- Gary K. Hayzlett (KS - R)
- Deena L. Horst (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Terrie W. Huntington (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kasha Kelley (KS - R)
- Dick Kelsey (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike S. Kiegerl (KS - R)
- Lance Y. Kinzer (KS - R)
- Steve Lukert (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Raymond F. 'Ray' Merrick (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- James F. 'Jim' Morrison (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Don V. Myers (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eber Phelps (KS - D)
- Joann Pottorff (KS - R)
- Don Schroeder (KS - R)
- Arlen H. Siegfreid (KS - R)
- Jene Vickrey (KS - R)
- Kenny A. Wilk (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
