Bill Text: TX SB227 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of laws prohibiting abortion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB227 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB227-Introduced.html

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88R1388 DIO-D
By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 227

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of laws prohibiting abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 171.206(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) This subchapter may not be construed to:
(1) authorize the initiation of a cause of action
against or the prosecution of a pregnant individual [woman] on whom
an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or
induced in violation of this subchapter;
(2) wholly or partly repeal, either expressly or by
implication, any other statute that regulates or prohibits
abortion[, including Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes]; or
(3) restrict a political subdivision from regulating
or prohibiting abortion in a manner that is at least as stringent as
the laws of this state.
SECTION 2. Section 171.207(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to:
(1) legalize the conduct prohibited by this subchapter
[or by Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes];
(2) limit in any way or affect the availability of a
remedy established by Section 171.208; or
(3) limit the enforceability of any other laws that
regulate or prohibit abortion.
SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code; and
(2) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.