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Bill Relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action. Relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 SB 8 Texas SB 8 (87)
bill
ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)
Abortion (I0005)
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)
INFORMED CONSENT (S0057)
PHYSICIANS (S1282)
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)
TEXAS HEARTBEAT ACT (PT3J7)
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Bettencourt
Birdwell
Buckingham
Burrows
Cain
Campbell
Creighton
Hall
Hancock
Huffman
Hughes
Klick
Kolkhorst
Leach
Lucio
Nelson
Paxton
Perry
Schwertner
Slawson
Springer
Taylor
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Texas SB 8 (87) — Relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 8163 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1912 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1912 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1912 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 8364 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1912 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bettencourt — primary (person)
  • Birdwell — primary (person)
  • Buckingham — primary (person)
  • Burrows — primary (person)
  • Cain — primary (person)
  • Campbell — primary (person)
  • Creighton — primary (person)
  • Hall — primary (person)
  • Hancock — primary (person)
  • Huffman — primary (person)
  • Hughes — primary (person)
  • Klick — primary (person)
  • Kolkhorst — primary (person)
  • Leach — primary (person)
  • Lucio — primary (person)
  • Nelson — primary (person)
  • Paxton — primary (person)
  • Perry — primary (person)
  • Schwertner — primary (person)
  • Slawson — primary (person)
  • Springer — primary (person)
  • Taylor — primary (person)
  • Allison — cosponsor (person)
  • Anderson — cosponsor (person)
  • Ashby — cosponsor (person)
  • Bailes — cosponsor (person)
  • Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
  • Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
  • Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
  • Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
  • Buckley — cosponsor (person)
  • Burns — cosponsor (person)
  • Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
  • Cason — cosponsor (person)
  • Clardy — cosponsor (person)
  • Cook — cosponsor (person)
  • Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
  • Darby — cosponsor (person)
  • Dean — cosponsor (person)
  • Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
  • Frank — cosponsor (person)
  • Frullo — cosponsor (person)
  • Gates — cosponsor (person)
  • Goldman — cosponsor (person)
  • Harless — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Hefner — cosponsor (person)
  • Holland — cosponsor (person)
  • Huberty — cosponsor (person)
  • Hull — cosponsor (person)
  • Hunter — cosponsor (person)
  • Jetton — cosponsor (person)
  • King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
  • King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
  • Krause — cosponsor (person)
  • Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
  • Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
  • Leman — cosponsor (person)
  • Lozano — cosponsor (person)
  • Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
  • Middleton — cosponsor (person)
  • Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Murr — cosponsor (person)
  • Noble — cosponsor (person)
  • Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
  • Paddie — cosponsor (person)
  • Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Patterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul — cosponsor (person)
  • Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Raney — cosponsor (person)
  • Rogers — cosponsor (person)
  • Sanford — cosponsor (person)
  • Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
  • Schofield — cosponsor (person)
  • Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
  • Shine — cosponsor (person)
  • Slaton — 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.

  • 2021-03-11 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
  • 2021-03-11 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-11 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-11 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2021-03-15 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-03-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-15 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2021-03-15 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-03-16 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-22 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-22 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-03-23 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-03-29 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-03-29 Record vote
  • 2021-03-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-03-29 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2021-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-03-29 Record vote
  • 2021-03-29 Passed to engrossment as amended
  • 2021-03-29 Record vote
  • 2021-03-30 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-03-30 Record vote
  • 2021-03-30 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-03-30 Passed passage
  • 2021-03-30 Record vote
  • 2021-03-30 Remarks ordered printed
  • 2021-03-30 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-03-31 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2021-04-06 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-04-06 Referred to Public Health referral-committee
  • 2021-04-15 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2021-04-15 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2021-04-28 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-04-28 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-04-29 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 Postponed
  • 2021-05-05 Laid out as postponed business
  • 2021-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-05 Record vote
  • 2021-05-05 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-05 Record vote
  • 2021-05-05 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-05 Amendment withdrawn amendment-withdrawal
  • 2021-05-05 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  • 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
  • 2021-05-10 House passage as amended reported
  • 2021-05-13 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2021-05-13 Read
  • 2021-05-13 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2021-05-13 Record vote
  • 2021-05-13 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2021-05-13 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-14 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-14 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-19 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-05-19 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08e895ff-282f-40d1-8cec-8943092ead76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).