The House Committee on Privileges and Elections voted 10 to 9 to pass an amendment to Senate Joint Resolution 247, which is identical to House Joint Resolution 1, that would state that an infant born alive following an abortion "shall be considered a legal person for all purposes under the law of this commonwealth and entitled to the full protection of such laws." The clerk read the amendment into the record before the committee voted.

The amendment, read aloud by the committee clerk, states in part: "In the event of a live birth of an infant including when an abortion procedure results in the live birth of an infant such infants shall be considered a legal person for all purposes under the law of this commonwealth and entitled to the full protection of such laws." The amendment also says such an infant "shall be provided the same level of care and treatment as any infant or person seeking care and treatment in a medical facility." The text was entered as the engrossed bill's insertion after line 35.

Committee action was procedural: after the amendment was read, a motion to "pass by the amendment" was made, seconded, and the committee recorded the roll; the motion to pass by the amendment carried on a 10 to 9 vote, and the committee then reported the joint resolution by the same 10-to-9 vote. No extended debate or additional floor amendments are recorded in the transcript.

Because the item is a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment, further steps would be required beyond this committee report before any change to the state constitution (not specified in the committee record). The committee chair closed the item after the vote and moved on to other agenda items.