2023 Senate Bill 93

Health: abortion; penalties for the sale of drugs or medicine to procure a miscarriage; modify.

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by repealing section 15 (MCL 750.15).

Senate Fiscal Agency Analysis

Senate Bill 93 would repeal Section 15 of the Michigan Penal Code, which prescribes a misdemeanor for advertising, publishing, or selling any pills, powder, drugs, or combination of drugs, designed expressly for the use of females for the purpose of procuring an abortion unless the drug or medicine is sold upon the written prescription of a practicing physician, and the dealer or druggist registered certain information pertaining to the purchaser, medicine, and physician in his or her records.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 22, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Sarah Anthony (D-21) and seven co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Erika Geiss (D-1), Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Darrin Camilleri (D-4), Kevin Hertel (D-12), Mary Cavanagh (D-6), Sylvia Santana (D-2) and Mallory McMorrow (D-8)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

March 1, 2023

Reported without amendment

March 2, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

March 8, 2023

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

Received in the House

March 8, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary