Bill Commons

TX SB 6

died on adjournment

Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

Texas · 891 · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 6 pass?

No. TX SB 6 died when the 891 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-12): Reported engrossed

What is TX SB 6 about?

TX SB 6 is a bill in the 891 titled “Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 6?

Hughes is the primary sponsor of TX SB 6, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-08-08
Latest action
2025-08-12 — Reported engrossed
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Paxtoncosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Bettencourtcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-08-08

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-08-08

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-08-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-08-08

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-08-11

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-08-11

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-08-11

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-08-11

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-08-11

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-08-11

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-08-12

    Co-author authorized

  12. 2025-08-12

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  13. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  14. 2025-08-12

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  15. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  16. 2025-08-12

    Three day rule suspended

  17. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  18. 2025-08-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-08-12

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  21. 2025-08-12

    Reported engrossed

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=SB6

Attribution

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