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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB308Relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
Direction
Abortionbans gestational limitsAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Repeals Chapter 170A of the Health and Safety Code (the Texas Heartbeat Act banning most abortions after detection of cardiac activity) and Chapter 6-1/2 of Title 71, Revised Statutes (the pre-Roe near-total ban), so more legal access to abortion before viability.
The following laws are repealed: (1) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code; and (2) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes.
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AbortionotherAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Repeals the state's near-total abortion bans and amends related provisions that had preserved or referenced those bans, resulting in greater overall legal access to abortion.
relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
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Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Repeals Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code, which had included a statement that an unborn child at every stage of gestation is a human being, removing that fetal-personhood language from statute.
The following laws are repealed: (1) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code;
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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
Sarah Eckhardt D, Carol Alvarado D, Molly Cook D, Roland Gutierrez D, Nathan Johnson D, Jose Menendez D, Borris Miles D
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill's core provisions repeal Texas's post-Dobbs abortion bans (including the 6-week heartbeat ban in Ch. 170A and the older near-total ban), directly expanding legal access to abortion; it also strikes references to those repealed prohibitions and removes fetal-personhood language, with no provisions that add new restrictions.
Related bills
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
HB948Relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating abortion and the construction of abortion statutes.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed
HB987Relating to the regulation of abortion, including abortion complication reporting and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed
HJR24Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed