AB 377 - Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims - Wisconsin Key Vote
Carol Roessler voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- March 13, 2008
- Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 28, 2008
- House Bill Passed
- Jan. 23, 2008
- Introduced
- May 31, 2007
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Title: Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Signed by Governor Jim Doyle III
Title: Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires hospitals to offer emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault.
Highlights:
- Requires hospitals to provide a sexual assault victim with accurate and unbiased information regarding emergency contraception (sec. 1). - Requires hospitals to immediately provide emergency contraceptives to the victim upon request (sec. 1). - Requires hospitals to inform the victim of her option to report the assault to law enforcement and any available options for her to receive an examination in order to obtain evidence (sec. 1). - Allows hospitals to refuse to provide emergency contraceptives to a victim who is pregnant (sec. 1). - Fines violators $2,500 to $5,000. Allows hospitals to contest a penalty within 10 days of receiving notice of the fine from the Department of Health and Family Services. Requires the department to hold a hearing within 30 days of an appeal and deliver a decision within 15 days after the hearing (sec. 2). - Assembly Substitute offered by Representatives Wood, Musser, and Pocan.
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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.
Title: Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires hospitals to offer emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault.
Highlights:
- Requires hospitals to provide a sexual assault victim with accurate and unbiased information regarding emergency contraception (sec. 1). - Requires hospitals to immediately provide emergency contraceptives to the victim upon request (sec. 1). - Requires hospitals to inform the victim of her option to report the assault to law enforcement and any available options for her to receive an examination in order to obtain evidence (sec. 1). - Allows hospitals to refuse to provide emergency contraceptives to a victim who is pregnant (sec. 1). - Fines violators $2,500 to $5,000. Allows hospitals to contest a penalty within 10 days of receiving notice of the fine from the Department of Health and Family Services. Requires the department to hold a hearing within 30 days of an appeal and deliver a decision within 15 days after the hearing (sec. 2). - Assembly Substitute offered by Representatives Wood, Musser, and Pocan.
More Info About this Vote
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.
Title: Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
- Chuck Benedict (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Terese L. Berceau (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Spencer Black (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank Boyle (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tamara D. Grigsby (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary Hebl (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Hilgenberg (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gordon Hintz (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ann Hraychuck (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dean R. Kaufert (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick P. Kessler (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- James E. 'Jim' Kreuser (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Louis John Molepske Jr. (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Terry M. Musser (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph T. 'Joe' Parisi (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Pocan (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sondy Pope (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Richards (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donna J. Seidel (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Sheridan (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary E. Sherman (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jennifer Shilling (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christine M. Sinicki (WI - D)
- Jeffrey E. 'Jeff' Smith (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- James R. 'Jim' Soletski (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara L. Toles (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- David M. 'Dave' Travis (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert L. Turner (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Amy Sue Vruwink (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sheldon A. Wasserman (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeffrey 'Jeff' Wood (WI - I) (Out Of Office)
- Leon D. Young (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Josh Zepnick (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy W. 'Tim' Carpenter (WI - D)
- G. Spencer Coggs (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jon B. Erpenbach (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dave Hansen (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Jauch (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Pat Kreitlow (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julie M. Lassa (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- John W. Lehman (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark F. Miller (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeffrey T. 'Jeff' Plale (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fred A. Risser (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Judith Biros 'Judy' Robson (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Sullivan (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lena C. Taylor (WI - D)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Wirch (WI - D)