Bill Text: TX HB653 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 653

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the purchase and use of contraceptives and access to contraceptive information.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-04 - Referred to Public Health [HB653 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB653-Introduced.html

	89R2774 MPF-D

	By: Howard	H.B. No. 653



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the purchase and use of contraceptives and access to
	contraceptive information.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended
	by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER Z. CONTRACEPTIVES
	Sec. 161.801. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
	(1) "Contraceptive" means a drug, device, or other
	method of preventing pregnancy that is approved by the United
	States Food and Drug Administration.
	(2) "Emergency contraceptive" means a drug containing
	an elevated dose of hormones that:
	(A) is used postcoitally;
	(B) prevents pregnancy by preventing
	fertilization of an egg or preventing implantation of a fertilized
	egg in a uterus; and
	(C) is approved by the United States Food and
	Drug Administration.
	Sec. 161.802. PROHIBITED GOVERNMENTAL RESTRICTIONS RELATED
	TO CONTRACEPTIVES. Notwithstanding any other law, a state or local
	governmental entity may not prohibit or restrict in any manner the
	right of an individual:
	(1) to purchase or use a contraceptive, including an
	emergency contraceptive; or
	(2) to access information on contraceptives,
	including emergency contraceptives.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.