SHIELD Act
Latest action · Jan 9, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safeguard Healthcare Industry Employees from Litigation and Distress Act or the SHIELD Act
This bill establishes a framework to limit interference with persons seeking to provide or access reproductive health services at the state level.
For the purposes of this summary, interference with persons seeking to provide or access reproductive health services includes acts to prevent, restrict, impede, or retaliate against
- a health care provider who provides reproductive health care services,
- any person or entity who helps health care providers to provide such services,
- any person who seeks to access such services, or
- any person or entity who helps another person to access such services.
First, the bill reduces the allocation of funds under certain law enforcement grant programs for a state that has in effect a law authorizing state or local officers or employees to interfere with persons seeking to provide or access reproductive health services.
Second, the bill prohibits interference with persons seeking to provide or access reproductive health care services
- by state or local officers or employees acting under color of law in any manner that would have a discriminatory effect on a woman, and
- by persons who are not state or local officers or employees and are attempting to implement or enforce a state law in circumstances affecting interstate commerce.
The bill authorizes civil remedies for a violation, including damages and injunctive relief. Additionally, it authorizes criminal penalties for a violation involving the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon or the infliction of bodily injury.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 9, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House
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