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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 503
Introduced by Hunt, 8; Cavanaugh, 6; Howard, 9; Morfeld, 46.
Read first time January 22, 2019
Committee: Judiciary
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to abortion; to amend section 28-335, Reissue
2 Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to eliminate provisions relating to
3 physicians' physical presence; and to repeal the original section.
4 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. Section 28-335, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is
2 amended to read:
3 28-335 (1) The performing of an abortion by any person other than a
4 licensed physician is a Class IV felony.
5 (2) No abortion shall be performed, induced, or attempted unless the
6 physician who uses or prescribes any instrument, device, medicine, drug,
7 or other substance to perform, induce, or attempt the abortion is
8 physically present in the same room with the patient when the physician
9 performs, induces, or attempts to perform or induce the abortion. Any
10 person who knowingly or recklessly violates this subsection shall be
11 guilty of a Class IV felony. No civil or criminal penalty shall be
12 assessed against the patient upon whom the abortion is performed,
13 induced, or attempted to be performed or induced.
14 Sec. 2. Original section 28-335, Reissue Revised Statutes of
15 Nebraska, is repealed.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 28-335