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TX SB 7

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 · 892 · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 7 pass?

No. TX SB 7 died when the 892 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-18): Co-author authorized

What is TX SB 7 about?

TX SB 7 is a bill in the 892 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 7?

Hughes, Hagenbuch, Creighton and 9 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 7, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-08-15
Latest action
2025-08-18 — Co-author authorized
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Hallprimary
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-08-15

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-08-15

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-08-15

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-08-15

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-08-15

    Posting rule suspended

  6. 2025-08-15

    Record vote

  7. 2025-08-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  8. 2025-08-15

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-08-15

    Testimony taken in committee

  10. 2025-08-15

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-08-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-08-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-08-18

    Co-author authorized

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=892&Bill=SB7

Attribution

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