TX HB 7

enacted

Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.

Texas · 892 · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 7 pass?

Yes. TX HB 7 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-17. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX HB 7 about?

TX HB 7 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 7?

Hughes, Hickland, Leach and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 7, joined by 67 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-20
Latest action: 2025-09-17 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-08-20
Filed
filing
2025-08-20
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-20
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-08-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-22
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-08-22
Left pending in committee
2025-08-25
Considered in formal meeting
2025-08-25
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-08-25
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-27
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-27
Committee report distributed
2025-08-27
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-27
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-28
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-08-28
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-28
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-28
Record vote
2025-08-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-28
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-28
Record vote
2025-08-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-28
Passed
passage
2025-08-28
Record vote
2025-08-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-28
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-29
Reported engrossed
2025-09-02
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-09-02
Received from the House
introduction
2025-09-02
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-09-02
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-09-02
Considered in public hearing
2025-09-02
Vote taken in committee
2025-09-02
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02
Ordered not printed
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-02
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-09-02
Record vote
2025-09-03
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-09-03
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-09-03
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-09-03
Passed
passage
2025-09-03
Record vote
2025-09-03
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-09-03
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-09-03
Signed in the House
passage
2025-09-03
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-09-04
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-09-17
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-09-17
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
became-law

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-28 · pass · 112-15
Member-level votes (159)
- Alders: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Allen: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Collier: no
- Dean: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lalani: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Plesa: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Low: not voting
- Davis, A.: absent
- Gámez: absent
- Geren: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Fischer: absent
- Meza: absent
- Morales, E.: absent
- Noble: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Walle: absent
- Canales: absent
- Flores: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Gates: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Orr: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Mr. Speaker(C): yes
- Lowe: not voting
- Mone: not voting
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Rodríguez Ramo: absent
passage
2025-09-02 · pass · 17-9
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Nichols: not voting
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- West: absent
passage
2025-09-03 · pass · 17-8
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Nichols: not voting
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- Gutierrez: absent
- West: absent

Related bills

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Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB7

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