Bill Text: TX HB511 | 2027-2028 | 90th Legislature Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to restricting who may be a party to a gestational agreement based on citizenship status or relation to a foreign terrorist organization.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-09 - Filed [HB511 Detail]

Download: Texas-2027-HB511-Introduced.html

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90R3057 AB-D
By: Patterson H.B. No. 511

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restricting who may be a party to a gestational
agreement based on citizenship status or relation to a foreign
terrorist organization.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 160.754, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Each intended parent and the gestational mother:
(1) must be a citizen of the United States; and
(2) may not be:
(A) a citizen of a country designated as a
foreign adversary by the United States secretary of commerce under
15 C.F.R. Section 791.4(a); or
(B) an individual acting on behalf of or for the
benefit of a foreign terrorist organization designated by the
United States secretary of state as authorized by 8 U.S.C. Section
1189.
SECTION 2. Section 160.756(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The court may validate a gestational agreement as
provided by Subsection (c) only if the court finds that:
(1) the parties have submitted to the jurisdiction of
the court under the jurisdictional standards of this chapter;
(2) neither intended parent or the gestational mother
is prohibited under Section 160.754(b-1) from entering into a
gestational agreement;
(3) the medical evidence provided shows that the
intended mother is unable to carry a pregnancy to term and give
birth to the child or is unable to carry the pregnancy to term and
give birth to the child without unreasonable risk to her physical or
mental health or to the health of the unborn child;
(4) [(3)] unless waived by the court, an agency or
other person has conducted a home study of the intended parents and
has determined that the intended parents meet the standards of
fitness applicable to adoptive parents;
(5) [(4)] each party to the agreement has voluntarily
entered into and understands the terms of the agreement;
(6) [(5)] the prospective gestational mother has had
at least one previous pregnancy and delivery and carrying another
pregnancy to term and giving birth to another child would not pose
an unreasonable risk to the child's health or the physical or mental
health of the prospective gestational mother; and
(7) [(6)] the parties have adequately provided for
which party is responsible for all reasonable health care expenses
associated with the pregnancy, including providing for who is
responsible for those expenses if the agreement is terminated.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a petition for the validation of a gestational agreement filed on
or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the petition was filed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.