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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB348Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination and postpartum or contraception-related medical treatment.
Direction
AbortionexceptionsAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Expands the list of minors who can consent to medical treatment related to pregnancy or postpartum care without parental involvement, but explicitly excludes abortion from that consent.
is unmarried and pregnant or recently pregnant and consents to hospital, medical, or surgical treatment, other than abortion, related to the pregnancy, including postpartum medical treatment;
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
AbortionotherAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Adds a new category allowing unmarried minor mothers to consent to examination or contraception-related medical treatment other than abortion, without changing abortion access itself.
is unmarried, is the mother of a child, and consents to examination or contraception-related medical treatment, other than abortion.
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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 Health & Human Services
Filed
2024-11-13
Committee
Health & Human Services
Sponsor
Sarah Eckhardt D, Carol Alvarado D, Molly Cook D, Roland Gutierrez D, Jose Menendez D
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends minor consent rules in the Family Code to add provisions for postpartum treatment and contraception-related care for certain minors, but repeatedly excludes abortion from the scope of allowable treatment without parental consent; it does not change gestational limits, funding, personhood, or other abortion rules.
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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