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      88(R) HB 3000 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R187 SCL-D
         
		By:  Bryant
            H.B.  No.  3000
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion and the 
         
            construction of abortion laws imposing penalties or liability on 
         
            pregnant individuals.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 311.036, Government Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         
                          (d)    A statute that regulates or prohibits abortion may not 
         
            be construed to authorize the imposition or incurrence of criminal, 
         
            civil, or administrative penalties or liability on a pregnant 
         
            individual on whom an abortion is performed, induced, or attempted.
         
                          SECTION  2.    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  3.    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  4.    Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes, is 
         
            repealed.
         
                          SECTION  5.    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.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 311.036, Health and Safety Code 171.206, Health and Safety Code 171.207 (Government Code 311, Health and Safety Code 171)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion and the
	construction of abortion laws imposing penalties or liability on
	pregnant individuals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 311.036, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d) A statute that regulates or prohibits abortion may not
	be construed to authorize the imposition or incurrence of criminal,
	civil, or administrative penalties or liability on a pregnant
	individual on whom an abortion is performed, induced, or attempted.
	SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 4. Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 5. 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.