Key Votes
HB 2793 - Legalizing Paid Surrogacy - Key Vote
Washington Key Votes
Sharon Tomiko Santos voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Family
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Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Stage Details
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - Feb. 17, 2010
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (59-39) - Feb. 15, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Legalizing Paid Surrogacy
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes women to be compensated for entering a surrogacy contract and later serving as a gestational surrogate.
- -Is at least 21 years of age;
-Have given birth to at least 1 child;
-Have not previously acted as a gestational surrogate for compensation more than once;
-Have completed a medical evaluation and the evaluating physician has determined that there is no known reason why she would not be capable of carrying a child to term without endangering her health or the health of the child;
-Have indicated in a writing her informed consent to the medical procedures associated with the establishment of a pregnancy through embryo transfer, after being informed by a licensed physician of the risks of the procedures, including the risks that attend implantation of more than one embryo;
-Have completed a mental health evaluation by a mental health provider
-Have undergone legal consultation with independent legal counsel regarding the terms of the gestational surrogacy contract and the potential legal consequences of the gestational surrogacy; and
-Have obtained a health insurance policy that covers major medical treatments and hospitalization and has a term that extends throughout the duration of the expected pregnancy and for 8 weeks after the birth.
- -Have a medical need for the gestational surrogacy as established by a qualified physician's affidavit attached to the gestational surrogacy contract, unless it's a same-sex couple, which nullifies this requirement;
-Have completed a mental health evaluation by a mental health provider; and
-Have undergone legal consultation with independent legal counsel regarding the terms of the gestational surrogacy contract and the potential legal consequences of the gestational surrogacy.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 14, 2010
Title: Legalizing Paid Surrogacy
Sponsors
- Maralyn Chase (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kathy M. Haigh (WA - D)
- Ruth L. Kagi (WA - D)
- Lynn Kessler (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James C. 'Jim' Moeller (WA - D)
- Sharon Nelson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jamie Pedersen (WA - D)
- Geoff Simpson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Maureen S. Walsh (WA - R)
- Brendan W. Williams (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
