republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-31.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment."
description: "Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Texas SB 31 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion (I0005)", "CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "LIFE OF THE MOTHER ACT (PM78L)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "Malpractice--Professionals (I0525)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "STATE BAR OF TEXAS (V2529)", "Women (I0925)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Howard", "Hughes", "Hull", "Johnson", "Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/248ec86c-f5f0-44d1-b080-071281059d8c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 31.xml"
source_hash: "9cd8b10ab0ac5fac5d7c6b423c1c6b22872bc518b180c3d2cb677783d908f5de"
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 SB 31 (89R) — Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00031I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00031E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00031H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00031S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00031F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 31 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **129–6** (pass) · lower
- passage — **134–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-07** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-29** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Remarks ordered printed
- **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-22** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-23** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/248ec86c-f5f0-44d1-b080-071281059d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).