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On Thursday, February 14, 2019, the Montana House of Representatives voted yes to a bill 'providing that consent to physician aid in dying is not a defense'. Thereby this bill has passed the House and will, as next step, be discussed in the Senate.
End of January, the California Advocate General filed an answer to the plaintiffs Supreme Court petition, asking the court to deny the petition on standing.
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On Thursday, February 14, 2019, Senate Bill 165 was introduced in the Senate of Nevada and referred to the Health and Human Services committee for hearings. The bill is sponsored by Nevada senator David Parks (Democrats Las Vegas), and 16 other legislators. David Parks already filed a bill about assisted dying, SB 261, in 2017. Unfotunately, that bill did not pass.
The first-ever national coalition for assisted dying, made up of a cross-section of campaigners including doctors and nurses, has formed.