Bill Text: TX SB456 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [SB456 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB456-Introduced.html

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89R3849 JDK-D
By: Middleton S.B. No. 456

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a
criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) An offense under [A violation of] this section is a
state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor].
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 164, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 164.0571 to read as follows:
Sec. 164.0571. REQUIRED REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR PROCEDURE
INVOLVING CERTAIN HUMAN ORGANS. The board shall revoke the license
of a physician if the physician knowingly uses a human organ
obtained in violation of Section 48.02, Penal Code, in a medical
procedure.
SECTION 3. Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective
date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
occurred before that date.
SECTION 4. Section 164.0571, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.