Key Votes
SB 74 - Allowing Friends to Make Medical Decisions - Key Vote
South Dakota Key Votes
Stages
- March 26, 2007 Executive Signed
- March 1, 2007 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- Feb. 27, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 24, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 16, 2007 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 26, 2007
Title: Allowing Friends to Make Medical Decisions
Signed by Governor Mike Rounds
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (31-4) - March 1, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (67-3) - Feb. 27, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (21-10) - Jan. 24, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Allowing Friends to Make Medical Decisions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that would allow doctors to consult close friends of an incapacitated patient for medical decisions and care.
Highlights:
- Allows doctors to consult close friends of an incapacitated patient in the absence of adult family members of the patient (sec. 2).
- Allows anyone to disqualify a patient's family member from making a medical decision for the patient (sec. 2).
- Allows any family members to entrust the right to make a medical decision to another family member (sec. 2).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 16, 2007
Title: Allowing Friends to Make Medical Decisions
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Joni M. Cutler (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Marc S. Feinstein (SD - D)
- Margaret V. Gillespie (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Scott N. Heidepriem (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
- David L. 'Dave' Knudson (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gilbert 'Gil' Koetzle (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Garry Allen Moore (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Turbak Berry (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
