Senate Bill S2087

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to unlawful dissection, procurement and sale of human body tissue, organs and body parts

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 13, 2010	signed chap.382
Aug 03, 2010	delivered to governor
Jun 29, 2010	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.408 substituted for a432b
Jun 24, 2010	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 16, 2010	amended on third reading (t) 2087b
Jun 07, 2010	advanced to third reading
Jun 03, 2010	2nd report cal.
Jun 02, 2010	1st report cal.707
May 28, 2010	print number 2087a
May 28, 2010	amend and recommit to codes
May 11, 2010	reported and committed to codes
May 03, 2010	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 06, 2010	referred to health
Feb 11, 2009	referred to health

Votes

- Jun 24, 2010 - Floor Vote
  S2087
  
  Aye
  
  61
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 24, 2010
      
      aye (61)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alesi
      
      Aubertine
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Foley
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Johnson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Kruger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Leibell
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      McDonald
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Onorato
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Padavan
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stachowski
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thompson
      
      Valesky
      
      Volker
      
      Winner
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Morahan
  May 11, 2010 - Health Committee Vote
  S2087
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  8
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 11, 2010
      
      aye (7)
      
      Klein
      
      Kruger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Sampson
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thompson
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (2)
      
      Larkin
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (8)
      
      Duane
      
      Farley
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Hannon
      
      Johnson
      
      Little
      
      Saland
      
      Winner
  Jun 2, 2010 - Codes Committee Vote
  S2087
  
  Aye
  
  13
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  2
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Codes Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2010
      
      aye (13)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Flanagan
      
      Golden
      
      Huntley
      
      Klein
      
      Lanza
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Sampson
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Squadron
      
      Volker
      
      nay (1)
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Duane
      
      Saland

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2009-S2087 - Details

Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4210-a, 4216, 4217 & 4218, Pub Health L

2009-S2087 - Summary

Relates to unlawful dissection, procurement and sale of human body tissue, organs and body parts.

2009-S2087 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2087

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing
penalties for unlawful dissection, procurement, and sale of human
tissue, organs or body parts


 PURPOSE OF BILL :
To increase penalties for unlawfully dissecting, stealing, or
receiving a dead human body or any tissue, organ or part thereof, or
opening a grave with the intent of removing the body or any tissue,
organ or part thereof for the purpose of selling it.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 amends the Public Health Law to increase the penalty from a
misdemeanor to a class E felony for unlawfully dissecting a human
body.

Section 2 amends the Public Health Law to increase the penalty to a
class D felony for stealing a dead human body or any tissue, organ or
part thereof, from a grave, vault or other place with the intent to
sell, dissect or to procure a reward for the return.

Section 3 amends the Public Health Law to increase the penalty from a
misdemeanor to a class E felony for unlawfully receiving or purchasing

a stolen human body, or any part thereof.

Section 4 amends the Public Health Law to increase the penalty from a
class E to a class D felony for unlawfully opening a grave or other
place of interment, with the intent to remove a dead human body or any
tissue, organ or part thereof, for the purpose of selling or demanding
money for the same, or for the purpose of dissection, or with intent
to steal or remove the coffin or anything attached thereto.

Section 5 provides that the Commissioner of Health, in consultation
with the transplant council, shall promulgate regulations to increase
monitoring and enforcement of the provisions in this bill.

 JUSTIFICATION :
In 2005, an investigation began in Brooklyn, New York into the illegal
harvesting of bones, tissue and organs from more than 1,000 bodies,
which were then sold by Biomedical Tissue Services Ltd. to processing
companies to be used in transplants, therapies and research, earning
this company a profit of roughly $4.6 million in revenue. No
precautions were taken to ensure that these transplants were free of
disease, and thus, numerous recipients of these donations are now at
risk for contracting very serious health problems as a result, not to
mention the emotional impact their actions have had on the recipients
and families of the deceased whose bodies were ravaged for their
organs, tissues, and bones.

Biomedical Tissue Services was shut down in Fall 2005 by the Federal
Drug Administration after the details of their actions were disclosed
by a New York newspaper.

The men who ran the company, as well as several employees of funeral
parlors who were involved in the transactions, were indicted, and face
a maximum 25-year prison term if convicted.

This legislation is necessary in the wake of this appalling discovery,
in order to ensure that individuals who choose to do such horrific
things are properly punished. Additionally, this bill will provide the
New York State Commissioner of Health with the tools they need to work
effectively with the transplant council in order to ensure that crimes
such as those discovered in Brooklyn do not occur in the future.
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2006 Referred to Rules, 2007:  S.2655

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
First of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become law.

2009-S2087 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2087

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, KRUEGER, ONORATO -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing  penal-
  ties  for  unlawful dissection, procurement, and sale of human tissue,
  organs or body parts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  4210-a  of  the public health law, as amended by
chapter 346 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4210-a. Unlawful dissection of the body of a human being.  A  person
who  makes, or causes or procures to be made, any dissection of the body
of a human being, except by authority of law, or  in  pursuance  of  [a]
WRITTEN permission given by the deceased, is guilty of a class E felony.
  S  2. Section 4216 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 346
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4216. Body stealing. A person who removes the dead body of  a  human
being,  or  any  TISSUE,  ORGAN  OR part thereof from a grave, vault, or
other place, where the same has been buried, or from a place  where  the
same has been deposited while awaiting burial, without authority of law,
with  intent  to sell the same, or for the purpose of dissection, or for
the purpose of procuring a reward for the return of the  same,  or  from
malice or wantonness, is guilty of a class D felony.
  S  3.  Section 4217 of the public health law, as added by chapter 1031
of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4217.  Receiving  stolen  body  of  a  human  being.  A  person  who
purchases,  or  receives except for the purpose of burial, the dead body
of a human being, or any part thereof, knowing that the  same  has  been
removed contrary to the last section, is guilty of a [misdemeanor] CLASS
E FELONY.
  S  4. Section 4218 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 346
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01010-01-9

S. 2087                             2

  S 4218. Opening graves. A person who opens a grave or other  place  of
interment,  temporary  or otherwise, or a building wherein the dead body
of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial,  without  authority
of  law,  with  intent  to remove the body, or any TISSUE, ORGAN OR part
thereof,  for the purpose of selling it or demanding money for the same,
or for the purpose of dissection, or from malice or wantonness, or  with
intent  to  steal  or remove the coffin or any part thereof, or anything
attached thereto,  or  any  vestment,  or  other  article  interred,  or
intended to be interred with the dead body, is guilty of a class D felo-
ny.
  S  5.  The commissioner of health, in consultation with the transplant
council as provided for in section 4361 of the public  health  law,  and
state and federal law enforcement agencies, shall promulgate regulations
to  increase  monitoring and enforcement of the provisions of title 2 of
article 42 and article 43-B of the public  health  law  in  relation  to
unlawful  dissection,  procurement,  storage  and  sale of human tissue,
organs and body parts for transplant.
  S 6. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2009-S2087A - Details

Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4210-a, 4216, 4217 & 4218, Pub Health L

2009-S2087A - Summary

Relates to unlawful dissection, procurement and sale of human body tissue, organs and body parts.

2009-S2087A - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2087A

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing
penalties for unlawful dissection, procurement, and sale of human
tissue, organs or body parts

PURPOSE OF BILL:

To establish penalties for unlawfully dissecting, stealing, or
receiving a dead human body or any tissue, organ or part thereof, or
opening a grave with the intent of removing the body or any tissue,
organ or part thereof for the purpose of selling it.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides that a person is guilty of a class E felony for
unlawfully dissecting a human body.

Section 2 provides that a person is guilty of a class D felony for
stealing a dead human body or any tissue, organ or part thereof, from
a grave, vault or other place with the intent to sell, dissect or to
procure a reward for the return.

Section 3 provides that a person is guilty of a class E felony for

unlawfully receiving or purchasing a stolen human body, or any part
thereof

Section 4 provides that a person is guilty of a class D felony for
unlawfully opening a grave or other place of interment, with the
intent to remove a dead human body or any tissue, organ or part
thereof, for the purpose of selling or demanding money for the same,
or for the purpose of dissection, or with intent to steal or remove
the coffin or anything attached thereto.

Section 5 provides that the Commissioner of Health, in consultation
with the transplant council, shall promulgate regulations to increase
monitoring and enforcement of the provisions in this bill

JUSTIFICATION:

In 2005, an investigation began in Brooklyn, New York into the illegal
harvesting of bones, tissue and organs from more than 1,000 bodies,
which were then sold by Biomedical Tissue Services Ltd. to processing
companies to be used in transplants, therapies and research, earning
this company a profit of roughly $4.6 million in revenue. No
precautions were taken to ensure that these transplants were free of
disease, and thus, numerous recipients of these donations are now at
risk for contracting very serious health problems as a result, not to
mention the emotional impact their actions have had on the recipients
and families of the deceased whose bodies were ravaged for their
organs, tissues, and bones.

Biomedical Tissue Services was shut down in Fall 2005 by the Federal
Drug Administration after the details of their actions were disclosed


by a New York newspaper The men who ran the company, as well as
several employees of funeral parlors who were involved in the
transactions, were indicted, and face a maximum 25-year prison tern if
convicted.

This legislation is necessary in the wake of this appalling discovery,
in order to ensure that individuals who choose to do such horrific
things are properly punished. Additionally, this bill will provide the
New York State Commissioner of Health with the tools he or she needs
to work effectively with the transplant council in order to ensure
that crimes such as those discovered in Brooklyn do not occur in the
future.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2006 Referred to Rules

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
First of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become law.

2009-S2087A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2087--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, KRUEGER, ONORATO, SAMPSON -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Health  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with
  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said  committee  and
  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing penal-
  ties for unlawful dissection, procurement, and sale of  human  tissue,
  organs or body parts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 4210-a of the public  health  law,  as  amended  by
chapter 346 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4210-a.  Unlawful dissection of the body of a human being. A person
who makes, or causes or procures to be made, any dissection of the  body
of  a  human  being,  except by authority of law, or in pursuance of [a]
WRITTEN permission given by the deceased, is guilty of a class E felony.
  S 2. Section 4216 of the public health law, as amended by chapter  346
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4216.  Body stealing. A person who removes the dead body of a human
being, or any TISSUE, ORGAN OR part thereof  from  a  grave,  vault,  or
other  place,  where the same has been buried, or from a place where the
same has been deposited while awaiting burial, without authority of law,
with intent to sell the same, or for the purpose of dissection,  or  for
the  purpose  of  procuring a reward for the return of the same, or from
malice or wantonness, is guilty of a class D felony.
  S 3. Section 4217 of the public health law, as added by  chapter  1031
of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4217.  Receiving  stolen  body  of  a  human  being.  A  person who
purchases, or receives except for the purpose of burial, the  dead  body

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01010-02-0

S. 2087--A                          2

of  a  human  being, or any TISSUE, ORGAN, OR part thereof, knowing that
the same has been removed  contrary  to  [the  last]  section  FORTY-TWO
HUNDRED  SIXTEEN  OF  THIS  TITLE,  is guilty of a [misdemeanor] CLASS E
FELONY,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT  IF  THE  PERSON  WHO HAS VIOLATED THIS
SECTION IS A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN ARTICLE SEVEN
HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE  LAW,  SUCH  YOUTHFUL  OFFENDER
SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
  S  4. Section 4218 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 346
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4218. Opening graves. A person who opens a grave or other  place  of
interment,  temporary  or otherwise, or a building wherein the dead body
of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial,  without  authority
of  law,  with  intent  to remove the body, or any TISSUE, ORGAN OR part
thereof, for the purpose of selling it or demanding money for the  same,
or  for the purpose of dissection, or from malice or wantonness, or with
intent to steal or remove the coffin or any part  thereof,  or  anything
attached  thereto,  or  any  vestment,  or  other  article  interred, or
intended to be interred with the dead body, is guilty of a class D felo-
ny.
  S 5. The commissioner of health, in consultation with  the  transplant
council  as  provided  for in section 4361 of the public health law, and
state and federal law enforcement agencies, shall promulgate regulations
to increase monitoring and enforcement of the provisions of title  2  of
article  42  and  article  43-B  of the public health law in relation to
unlawful dissection, procurement, storage  and  sale  of  human  tissue,
organs and body parts for transplant.
  S 6. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4210-a, 4216, 4217 & 4218, Pub Health L

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to unlawful dissection, procurement and sale of human body tissue, organs and body parts.

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2087B

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to unlawful
dissection, procurement, and sale of human tissue, organs or body parts

PURPOSE OF BILL:
To establish penalties for unlawfully dissecting, stealing, or receiving
a dead human body or any tissue, organ or part thereof, or opening a
grave with the intent of removing the body or any tissue, organ or part
thereof for the purpose of selling it.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 provides that a person is guilty of a class E felony for
unlawfully dissecting a human body.

Section 2 provides that a person is guilty of a class D felony for
stealing a dead human body or any tissue, organ or part thereof, from a
grave, vault or other place with the intent to sell, dissect or to
procure a reward for the return.

Section 3 provides that a person is guilty of a class E felony for
unlawfully receiving or purchasing a stolen human body, or any part
thereof.

Section 4 provides that a person is guilty of a class D felony for

unlawfully opening a grave or other place of interment, with the intent
to remove a dead human body or any tissue, organ or part thereof, for
the purpose of selling or demanding money for the same, or for the
purpose of dissection, or with intent to steal or remove the coffin or
anything attached thereto.

Section 5 provides that the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with
the transplant council, shall promulgate regulations to increase moni-
toring and enforcement of the provisions in this bill.

JUSTIFICATION:
In 2005, an investigation began in Brooklyn, New York into the illegal
harvesting of bones, tissue and organs from more than 1,000 bodies,
which were then sold by Biomedical Tissue Services Ltd. to processing
companies to be used in transplants, therapies and research, earning
this company a profit of roughly $4.6 million in revenue. No precautions
were taken to ensure that these transplants were free of disease, and
thus, numerous recipients of these donations are now at risk for
contracting very serious health problems as a result, not to mention the
emotional impact their actions have had on the recipients and families
of the deceased whose bodies were ravaged for their organs, tissues, and
bones.

Biomedical Tissue Services was shut down in Fall 2005 by the Federal
Drug Administration after the details of their actions were disclosed by
a New York newspaper. The men who ran the company, as well as several

employees of funeral parlors who were involved in the transactions, were
indicted, and face a maximum 25-year prison term if convicted.

This legislation is necessary in the wake of this appalling discovery,
in order to ensure that individuals who choose to do such horrific
things are properly punished. Additionally, this bill will provide the
New York State Commissioner of Health with the tools he or she needs to
work effectively with the transplant council in order to ensure that
crimes such as those discovered in Brooklyn do not occur in the future.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2006 - Referred to Rules

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
First of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become
law.

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2087--B
    Cal. No. 707

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, KRUEGER, ONORATO, SAMPSON -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Health  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with
  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said  committee  and
  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee  --  reported  favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
  second report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
  reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to unlawful
  dissection, procurement, and sale of  human  tissue,  organs  or  body
  parts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 4216 of the public health law, as amended by  chap-
ter 346 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4216.  Body stealing. A person who removes the dead body of a human
being, or any TISSUE, ORGAN OR part thereof  from  a  grave,  vault,  or
other  place,  where the same has been buried, or from a place where the
same has been deposited while awaiting burial, without authority of law,
with intent to sell the same, or for the purpose of dissection,  or  for
the  purpose  of  procuring a reward for the return of the same, or from
malice or wantonness, is guilty of a class D felony.
  S 2. Section 4217 of the public health law, as added by  chapter  1031
of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4217.  Receiving  stolen  body  of  a  human  being.  A  person who
purchases, or receives except for the purpose of burial, the  dead  body
of  a  human  being, or any TISSUE, ORGAN, OR part thereof, knowing that
the same has been removed  contrary  to  [the  last]  section  FORTY-TWO
HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THIS TITLE, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01010-07-0

S. 2087--B                          2

  S  3. Section 4218 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 346
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4218.  Opening graves. A person who opens a grave or other place of
interment, temporary or otherwise, or a building wherein the  dead  body
of  a  human being is deposited while awaiting burial, without authority
of law, with intent to remove the body, or any  TISSUE,  ORGAN  OR  part
thereof,  for the purpose of selling it or demanding money for the same,
or for the purpose of dissection, or from malice or wantonness, or  with
intent  to  steal  or remove the coffin or any part thereof, or anything
attached thereto,  or  any  vestment,  or  other  article  interred,  or
intended to be interred with the dead body, is guilty of a class D felo-
ny.
  S  4.  The commissioner of health, in consultation with the transplant
council as provided for in section 4361 of the public  health  law,  and
state and federal law enforcement agencies, shall promulgate regulations
to  increase  monitoring and enforcement of the provisions of title 2 of
article 42 and article 43-B of the public  health  law  in  relation  to
unlawful  dissection,  procurement,  storage  and  sale of human tissue,
organs and body parts for transplant.
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S2087

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Jun 24, 2010 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 24, 2010

May 11, 2010 - Health Committee Vote

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Jun 2, 2010 - Codes Committee Vote

Codes Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2010

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2009-S2087 - Details

2009-S2087 - Summary

2009-S2087 - Sponsor Memo

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2009-S2087A - Details

2009-S2087A - Summary

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2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Summary

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2009-S2087 - Details

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2009-S2087A - Details

2009-S2087A - Summary

2009-S2087A - Sponsor Memo

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2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2087B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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