Legalized Abandonment: Safe Haven Laws, Page 2

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Laws Enacted or Proposed:

Alabama	2000 Session HB 115 Program: A Secret Safe Place
Alaska	no law proposed
Arizona	H.B. 2001 Chapter 223 (2001) Programs: Tucson Safe Baby and AZ Safe Haven Task Force
Arkansas	H.B. 1070 Act 236 H.B. 1766 Act 1503, (2001)
California	2000 Session Chapter 824 (S.B. 1368) Program: Garden of Angels
Colorado	2000 Session Chapter 384 (S.B. 171)
Connecticut	2000 Public Act No. 00-207 (H.B. 5023)
Delaware	H.B. 120 (2001)
Florida	2000 Session Chapter 213 (S.B. 2080) Program: A Safe Haven
Georgia	H.B. 360 (2001)
Hawaii	H.B. 133 - vetoed by Governor
Idaho	TITLE 39, HEALTH AND SAFETY CHAPTER [82] 81 IDAHO SAFE HAVEN ACT (2001)
Illinois	H.B. 0632 PA 92-0408 (2001) Program: Save Abandoned Babies
Indiana	2000 Session Act 330 (S.B. 330) Program: Newborn Lifeline
Iowa	S.F. 355 Enacted (2001)
Kansas	2000 Session Chapter 38
Kentucky	H.B. 45 (2001)
Louisiana	2000 Session Act 109 (HCR 85)
Maine	L.D. 1670 (2000)
Maryland	H.B. 74 S.B. 82 (2001)
Massachusetts	enacted 2004 Programs: BabySafeHaven and Operation REBA
Michigan	2000 Session P.A. 233 (S.B. 1053) Program: Safe Delivery
Minnesota	2000 Minn. Laws, Chapter 421 (S.F. 2615) Program: Safe Place for Newborns
Mississippi	H.B. 169 Enacted (2001)
Montana	S.B. 132 Chapter 277 (2001)
Nebraska	no law proposed
Nevada	S.B. 191 Chapter 276 (2001)
New Hampshire	H.B. 104-FN - effective 6/4/03
New Jersey	2000 Session Chapter 58
New Mexico	H.B. 251 Chapter 132 (2001)
New York	2000 Session Chapter 156 (S.B. 6688) Program: AMT Children of Hope
North Carolina	H.B. 275 Chapter 291 (2001)
North Dakota	S.B. 2129 (2001)
Ohio	2000 Session HB 660 Program: Safe Havens for Newborns
Oklahoma	H.B. 1122 Enacted (2001)
Oregon	S.B. 199 Enacted (2001)
Pennsylvania	S.B. 654 (2002) Program: A Hand to Hold
Rhode Island	H.F. 5131 Chapter 53 (2001)
South Carolina	2000 Session HB 4743
South Dakota	S.B. 92 Enacted (2001)
Tennessee	Enacted statute: 68-11-255
Texas	Session 1999 HB 3423 advertisement for California Program: Baby Moses Project
Utah	H.B. 0012 Chapter 134 (2001)
Vermont	no law proposed
Virginia	S.B. 1057 incorporated into S.B. 1151 - effective 7/1/03
Washington	S.B. 5236 (2001)
West Virginia	Session 2000 HB 4300
Wisconsin	A.B. 54 Act 2 (2001)
Wyoming	H.B. 0056 - effective 7/1/03