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PRINTER'S NO. 174
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
291
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, VULAKOVICH, GORDNER, ALLOWAY,
AUMENT, RAFFERTY, STEFANO, FOLMER, SCARNATI AND WHITE,
JANUARY 20, 2015
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, JANUARY 20, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in preemptions, providing for use of
public funds for abortion.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 305. Use of public funds for abortion.
(a) General rule.--No municipality, regardless of
classification, may use public funds, whether derived from
Federal, State or local sources, to arrange or pay for abortions
unless in strict compliance with the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. §
3215 (relating to publicly owned facilities; public officials
and public funds).
(b) Preemption.--The provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 32
(relating to abortion) contain the public policy of this
Commonwealth regarding abortions and shall preempt and supersede
any local ordinance or rule concerning the subject matter.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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