Bill Text: TX HB2000 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of and exceptions to certain laws prohibiting abortion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Referred to Public Health [HB2000 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2000-Introduced.html

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88R3588 JG-D
By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of and exceptions to certain laws
prohibiting abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The prohibition under Subsection (a) does not apply if
the pregnancy resulted from sexual assault in violation of Section
22.011, Penal Code, aggravated sexual assault in violation of
Section 22.021, Penal Code, or conduct constituting an offense
under Section 25.02, Penal Code. This subsection may not be
construed to require:
(1) the pregnant patient to file a police or
investigative report;
(2) the pregnant patient to provide forensic evidence;
or
(3) prosecution of the alleged offense.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 171.205, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 171.205. EXCEPTIONS [EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL
EMERGENCY]; RECORDS.
SECTION 3. Section 171.205, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Sections 171.203 and 171.204 do not apply to an
abortion performed or induced by a person in accordance with an
exception provided by Section 170A.002.
SECTION 4. 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 patient [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 5. 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 6. Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes, is
repealed.
SECTION 7. 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.