Topic and direction labels are AI-assisted, and each one quotes the bill text it is based on.
How labels work
Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB257Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
Direction
AbortionexceptionsAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds an exception to the general abortion prohibition for pregnancies resulting from sexual assault or related offenses, without requiring a police report, forensic evidence, or prosecution, so more legal access to abortion in those cases.
It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the pregnant patient indicates 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.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
Abortionbans gestational limitsAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 85%
Repeals Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes (the pre-Roe Texas abortion ban), removing that total prohibition on abortion and thereby increasing legal access.
Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes, is repealed.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
AbortionotherAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Amends multiple provisions to update references and exceptions to abortion prohibitions while preserving other regulatory statutes and local authority to regulate or prohibit abortion at least as stringently as state law, resulting in no net change to the overall framework beyond the added exception
This subchapter may not be construed to: (1) authorize the initiation of a cause of action against or the prosecution of a pregnant patient 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; 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.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-02-03: Referred to State Affairs
Filed
2024-11-12
Committee
State Affairs
Sponsor
Carol Alvarado D, Cesar Blanco D, Molly Cook D, Sarah Eckhardt D, Roland Gutierrez D, Jose Menendez D, Borris Miles D
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new exception for sexual assault pregnancies to the general abortion ban in Section 170A.002 and cross-applies it to the heartbeat/pre-viability bans, expands access by repealing the old total ban in Chapter 6-1/2, and makes conforming amendments that preserve other abortion regulations without further restricting or expanding access beyond the new exception.
Related bills
HB438Relating to wrongful death actions arising from the death of an unborn child resulting from an abortion.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HB575Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HJR24Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed
SB231Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed