Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on November 3, 2016. The 2016–2017 session has ended.
2016–2017 Session
Assembly Bill 2451
"Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act"; permits qualified terminally ill patient to self-administer medication to end life in humane and dignified manner.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 27
Chief co-sponsor from Apr 14
Chief co-sponsor from May 19
Its course
February 4 to November 3, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyFeb 4 to Oct 20259 days
Health and Senior ServicesFeb 4 to Sep 29 · moved on238 days
AppropriationsSep 29 to Oct 67 days
In the SenateOct 20 to Nov 3 · stopped14 days
Health, Human Services and Senior CitizensNov 3 to Nov 30 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading50–23
Oct 20
General Assembly, third reading41–29
Passed · Oct 20 · 5 present
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Feb 4 – Oct 20
- Feb 4Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Health and Senior Services
- Sep 29Sent to Appropriations
- Oct 6Appropriations recommended it
- Read a second time
- Oct 20Passed the General Assembly, 41 to 29
In the Senate Nov 3
- Nov 3Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
- Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens recommended it
- Read a second time