Bill Text: TX HB4595 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 4595

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to prohibition of transporting or funding the transportation of an unemancipated minor for an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 13)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-03 - Referred to Public Health [HB4595 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB4595-Introduced.html



	By: Troxclair	H.B. No. 4595



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to prohibition of transporting or funding the
	transportation of an unemancipated minor for an abortion; providing
	a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Chapter 170B to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 170B. TRANSPORTING A MINOR FOR AN ABORTION
	Sec. 170B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section
	245.002(1).
	(2) "Unborn child" has the meaning assigned in Section
	170A.001(5).
	(3) "Unemancipated minor" includes a minor who:
	(A) is unmarried; and
	(B) has not had the disabilities of minority
	removed under Chapter 31, Family Code.
	Sec. 170B.002. PROHIBITED TRANSPORTATION. EXCEPTIONS. (a)
	No person shall knowingly transport or fund the transportation of
	an unemancipated minor from Texas and into another state or country
	for the purpose of the minor obtaining an abortion without the
	written consent of a parent of the unemancipated minor or a person
	lawfully standing in the position of a parent of the unemancipated
	minor.
	(b) The prohibition under subsection (a) does not apply to
	an abortion performed or induced under the exception described in
	Section 170A.002(b)-(d), Health and Safety Code.
	Sec. 170B.003. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter may
	not be construed to authorize the imposition of criminal, civil, or
	administrative liability or penalties on an unemancipated minor.
	Sec. 170B.004. CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A person who violates
	Section 170B.002 commits an offense.
	(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
	degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first degree if
	the unborn child dies as a result of an abortion that occurred in a
	state or country that the unemancipated was transported to in
	violation of Section 170B.002.
	Sec. 170B.005. CIVIL PENALTY. A person who violates
	Section 170B.002 is subject to a civil penalty of not less than
	$100,000 for each violation. The attorney general shall file an
	action to recover a civil penalty assessed under this section and
	may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the
	action.
	Sec. 170B.006. CIVIL REMEDIES UNAFFECTED. The fact that
	conduct is subject to a civil or criminal penalty under this chapter
	does not abolish or impair any remedy for the conduct that is
	available in a civil suit.
	Sec. 170A.007. DISCIPLINARY ACTION. In addition to any
	other penalty that may be imposed under this chapter, the
	appropriate licensing authority shall revoke the license, permit,
	registration, certificate, or other authority of a physician or
	other health care professional who transports or funds the
	transportation of an unemancipated minor in violation of Section
	170B.002.
	SECTION 2. The provisions of this Act are hereby declared
	severable, and if any provision of this Act or the application of
	such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid
	for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of
	the remaining portions of this Act.
	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an abortion performed or induced on or after the effective date
	of this Act.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.