2013 Regular Session Women's Health Defense Act of 2013; create. AN ACT TO CREATE THE WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013; TO DECLARE CERTAIN FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE; TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO KNOWINGLY PROVIDE OR PRESCRIBE ANY ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG TO A PREGNANT WOMAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDUCING AN ABORTION IN THAT PREGNANT WOMAN UNLESS THE PERSON WHO PROVIDES OR PRESCRIBES THE ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG IS A PHYSICIAN, AND THE PROVISION OR PRESCRIPTION OF THE ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG SATISFIES THE STANDARD OF CARE; TO REQUIRE THE PHYSICIAN PROVIDING OR PRESCRIBING ANY ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG TO SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP VISIT FOR THE WOMAN AT APPROXIMATELY 14 DAYS AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF THE ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG TO PROVIDE TREATMENT THAT MEETS THE STANDARD OF CARE; TO REQUIRE PHYSICIANS WHO PROVIDE AN ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG TO ANOTHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDUCING AN ABORTION TO REPORT THOSE ACTIONS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND TO REPORT ADVERSE EVENTS FROM THE USE OF THE ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG TO THE FDA; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO INTENTIONALLY, KNOWINGLY OR RECKLESSLY VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS ACT IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL REMEDIES UNDER THE STATUTORY LAWS OF THIS STATE ARE AVAILABLE IF THERE IS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 05/21/2013 at 09:11 S B 2795 Senate Bill 2795 SB 2795 S Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2013 551 Public Health and Human Services F ../../House_cmtes/PH.xml Public Health and Welfare F ../../Senate_cmtes/PH.xml Hill ../../Senate_authors/Hill.xml Gandy ../../Senate_authors/Gandy.xml Hudson ../../Senate_authors/Hudson.xml Smith ../../Senate_authors/Smith.xml McDaniel ../../Senate_authors/McDaniel.xml 1 01/21 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare 2 02/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/14 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/14 (S) Amended 5 02/14 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/senate/0380008.pdf 6 02/18 (S) Transmitted To House 7 02/26 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services 8 02/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 9 03/05 (H) Amended 10 03/05 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/house/0570004.pdf 11 03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Wooten, Mims, Barker) 12 03/07 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 13 03/11 (H) Returned For Concurrence 14 03/19 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 15 03/25 (S) Conferees Named Kirby,Fillingane,Wiggins 16 03/26 (H) Conferees Named Mims,Gipson,Crawford 17 03/28 (S) Conference Report Filed 18 03/28 (H) Conference Report Filed 19 03/29 (H) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/house/0810002.pdf 20 04/03 (S) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/senate/0860040.pdf 21 04/08 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 22 04/08 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 23 04/25 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2795SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795SG.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2795IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795IN.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2795CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795CS.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2795PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795PS.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2795SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795SG.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/cr/SB2795CR.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/cr/SB2795CR.htm Conference Report Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2795 ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2795.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2795.htm Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/ham/SB2795_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/ham/SB2795_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/sam/SB2795_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/sam/SB2795_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/sam/SB2795_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/sam/SB2795_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/sam/SB2795_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01_to_Amend_02.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/sam/SB2795_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01_to_Amend_02.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2795.pdf