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Contraception and Family Planning

*Bad Bill Alert

*HB 42

Rep. Valoree Swanson (R)

Relating to prohibited actions regarding health benefit plan coverage for enrollees who refuse to have an abortion; providing a civil penalty. (Ensures that any pregnant person who refuses abortion care in the event of an unviable fetus or fetal abnormality would not be kicked off her insurance plan, rewirenewsgroup.com). 

Status: Referred to Insurance (2/25)

DEAD

*HB 92

Rep. Valoree Swanson (R)

Relating to civil liability for performing certain abortions.

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Status: Referred to Judiciary & Civilic Jurisprudence (2/25)

DEAD

*SB 1173

Sen. Kelly Hancock (R)

Relating to the regulation of abortion, including information regarding perinatal palliative care and prohibiting discriminatory abortions; authorizing disciplinary action; providing a civil remedy; creating a criminal offense.

Status: Committee report sent to Calendars (4/29)

DEAD

*HB 1229

Rep. Ben Leman (R)

Relating to abortion safety.

Status: Referred to Public Health (3/4)

DEAD

*SB 294

Sen. Charles Perry (R)

Relating to reports on abortions performed at an abortion facility. ​

Status: Filed (1/7)

DEAD

HB 1620

Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos (D)

Relating to the repeal of statutes prohibiting transactions between a governmental entity and abortion provider or affiliate of the provider.

Status: Referred to State Affairs (3/9)

DEAD

*HB 1280

Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R)

Relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Status: PASSED

PASS

*HB 1432

Rep. Matt Shaheen (R)

Relating to prohibiting certain discriminatory abortions; authorizing disciplinary action; authorizing an administrative penalty. 

Status: Referred to Public Health (3/5)

DEAD

*HJR 15

Rep. Cody Vasut (R)

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and certain other acts.

Status: Referred to State Affairs (3/1)

DEAD

*SB 394

Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D)

Relating to the regulation of drug-induced abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; providing criminal penalties. 

Status: Committee report sent to Calendars (4/28)

DEAD

*SJR 25

Sen. Bob Hall (R)

Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children. 

Status: Referred to Health and Human Services (3/11)

DEAD

*HB 44

Rep. Valoree Swanson (R)

Relating to civil liability and criminal penalties for performing certain abortions.

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Status: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence (2/25)

DEAD

HB 296

Rep. Nicole Collier (D)

Allows a child to consent to examination, or contraception-related medical care (except abortions) if they are unmarried, or the mother of a child. 

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Status: Referred to Public Health (2/25)

DEAD

*HB 1165

Rep. Shelby Slawson (R)

Relating to prohibiting abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat. 

Status: Referred to Public Health (3/4)

DEAD

HB 1362 

Rep. Sheryl Cole (D)

AKA "Rosie's Law" - Relating to the coverage and provision of abortion under a health benefit plan and certain programs administered by this state. 

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Status: Referred to Human Services (3/5)

DEAD

*SB 8

Sen. Bryan Hughes (R)

Relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action.

Status: PASSED. Effective September 2021

PASS

*HB 1173

Rep. Candy Noble (R)

Relating to prohibited logistical support by a government entity for procurement of an abortion or the services of an abortion provider. 

Status: Placed on General State Calendar (5/13)

DEAD

*HB 1291

Rep. Keith Bell (R)

Relating to notice of the right to object to participation in an abortion procedure for health care personnel of a hospital or health care facility. 

Status: Committee report sent to Calendars (5/3)

DEAD

*HB 1623

Rep. Steve Toth (R)

Relating to personhood rights for born and preborn human beings.

Status: Referred to Public Health (3/9)

DEAD

*HJR 80

Rep. Shelby Slawson (R)

Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying the Texas Constitution does not secure or protect the right to an abortion or require the expenditure of public money for an abortion. 

Status: Referred to State Affairs (3/11)

DEAD

*SB 573

Sen. Drew Springer (R)

Relating to notice of the right to object to participation in an abortion procedure for health care personnel of a hospital or health care facility.

Status: Referred to State Affairs (3/11)

DEAD

*HB 69

Rep. Steve Toth (R)

Relating to prohibiting abortion at or after 12 weeks post-fertilization.

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Status: Referred to Public Health (2/25)

DEAD

HB 835

Rep. Donna Howard (D)

Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan. (This bill would add contraception, like LARCs, as a covered benefit in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), with parental consent for minors. The bill would not cover abortifacients.) 

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Status: Referred to Public Health (3/1)

DEAD

*HB 1171

Rep. Scott Sanford (R)

Relating to appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem to represent an unborn child during a court proceeding authorizing a pregnant minor to consent an abortion.

Status: Placed on General State Calendar (5/12)

DEAD

*SB 1647

Sen. Charles Perry (R)

Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care, regulation of abortion, and the availability of certain defenses to prosecution for homicide and assault offenses; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Status: Committee report sent to Calendars (5/3)

DEAD

*SB 9

Sen. Angela Paxton (R)

Relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

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Status: Referred to Public Health Committee (4/6)

PASS

SB 448

Sen. Sarah Eckhardt (D)

AKA "Rosie's Law" - Relating to the coverage and provision of abortion under a health benefit plan and certain programs administered by this state. 

Status: Filed (1/26)

DEAD

*HB 1424

Rep. Tom Oliverson (R)

Relating to a health care provider's right to object to participation in a medical procedure that violates the provider's ethical, moral, or religious beliefs. 

Status: Placed on General State Calendar (5/13)

DEAD

HB 1864

Rep. Rafael Anchia (D)

Relating to insurance coverage for the disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains.

Status: Referred to Insurance (3/11)

DEAD

*SB 391

Sen. Angela Paxton (R)

Relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. 

Status: Filed (1/22)

DEAD

*SB 650

Sen. Donna Campbell (R)

Relating to prohibited logistical support by a governmental entity for procurement of an abortion or the services of an abortion provider.

Status: Committee report sent to Calendars (5/3)

DEAD

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