SB 1189 - HB 1217
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 12, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Arielle Woodmore | Email: arielle.woodmore@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
SB 1189 - HB 1217
SUMMARY OF BILL: Deletes the offense of criminal abortion. Establishes the following
as fundamental individual rights: (1) the right to make decisions about a person’s own reproductive
health care, including the right to use or refuse contraception, and; (2) the right of a pregnant
woman to have an abortion before viability of the fetus, or when necessary to protect the life or
health of the woman. Prohibits any state or local governmental entity from denying, restricting,
interfering with, or discriminating against these rights. Declares that a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus
does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of this state
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-15-213(b), criminal abortion is a Class C felony.
• The proposed legislation deletes the offense of criminal abortion.
• Based on information provided by the Department of Correction, there have been zero
admissions for the Class C felony offense of criminal abortion.
• Removing the offense will therefore not result in a significant impact to state incarceration
expenditures, or the caseloads of state or local courts.
• Any fiscal impact to state or local government related to the individual rights or restrictions
on governmental entities established in this legislation is estimated to be not significant.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director