---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "Texas HB 1280 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion (I0005)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT OF 2021 (PE94V)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Capriglione", "Hunter", "Klick", "Noble", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/449231dc-82a4-4f48-bd21-f158789e15b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1280.xml"
source_hash: "9c52e8cc6fe1eee94d5d3e2e18b812104350a6c862acc1cd11774dc257744e5e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 1280 (87) — Relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01280I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01280E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01280H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01280S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01280F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **81–61** (pass) · lower
- passage — **80–64** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-28** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/449231dc-82a4-4f48-bd21-f158789e15b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).