Creating the criminal offense of female genital mutilation and providing penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2019
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill creates the criminal offense of female genital mutilation and provides penalties. The bill provides that a person who knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of another person commits a class “D” felony. Consent to the procedure by a minor or by the minor’s parent, guardian, or custodian is not a defense to a violation of the bill. A medical or surgical procedure is not a violation of the bill if performed by a licensed physician when necessary to protect the health of the person on whom the procedure is performed or when performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth for medical purposes connected with that labor or birth.

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