Texas 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025) Status: Enacted

HB 7 — 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.

Last action — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced August 20, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Greg Abbott (Republican) on September 17, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 73 sponsors

    6 primary, 67 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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17 line(s) added, 3 removed.

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By:AALeach, Hickland, Troxclair, Pierson, H.B.ANo.A7 AAAAAMetcalf, et al.
H.B.ANo.A7 AN ACT 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;
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 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;
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H.B.ANo.A7 ______________________________ ______________________________ AAAAPresident of the Senate Speaker of the HouseAAAAAA I certify that H.B.
No.
7 was passed by the House on August 28, 2025, by the following vote:
AAYeas 82, Nays 48, 3 present, not voting.
______________________________ Chief Clerk of the HouseAAA I certify that H.B.
No.
7 was passed by the Senate on September 3, 2025, by the following vote:AAYeas 17, Nays 8, 1 present, not voting.
______________________________ Secretary of the SenateAAAA APPROVED:AA_____________________ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADateAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAA_____________________ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGovernorAAAAAAA 20
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Action History

  1. Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Sent to the Governor

  4. Signed in the Senate

  5. Signed in the House

  6. Reported enrolled

  7. Senate passage reported

  8. Record vote

  9. Passed

  10. Read 3rd time

  11. Laid before the Senate

  12. Co-sponsor authorized

  13. Record vote

  14. Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  15. Record vote

  16. Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. Record vote

  18. Ordered not printed

  19. Reported favorably w/o amendments

  20. Vote taken in committee

  21. Considered in public hearing

  22. Referred to State Affairs

  23. Read first time

  24. Received from the House

  25. Co-sponsor authorized

  26. Reported engrossed

  27. Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  28. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  29. Record vote

  30. Passed

  31. Read 3rd time

  32. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  33. Record vote

  34. Passed to engrossment as amended

  35. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. Record vote

  37. Amended

  38. Read 2nd time

  39. Placed on General State Calendar

  40. Considered in Calendars

  41. Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. Committee report distributed

  43. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  44. Reported favorably as substituted

  45. Committee substitute considered in committee

  46. Considered in formal meeting

  47. Left pending in committee

  48. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  49. Considered in public hearing

  50. Referred to State Affairs

  51. Read first time

  52. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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6 sponsors · 67 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on · 57 voted No

Sponsors (6)

Co-sponsors (67)

Not signed on (111)

111 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

passage

Passed 17 Yea · 8 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17805
Total 17805
% of votes cast 57%27%0%17%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Adam Hinojosa — Yea
Angela Paxton — Yea
Bob Hall — Yea
Borris Miles — Nay
Brandon Creighton — Yea
Brent Hagenbuch — Yea
Brian Birdwell — Not Voting
Bryan Hughes — Yea
Carol Alvarado — Nay
Charles Perry — Yea
Charles Schwertner — Yea
César Blanco — Nay
Donna Campbell — Yea
Joan Huffman — Yea
José Menéndez — Nay
Juan Hinojosa — Nay
Judith Zaffirini — Nay
Kevin Sparks — Yea
Lois Kolkhorst — Yea
Mayes Middleton — Yea
Molly Cook — Nay
Nathan Johnson — Nay
Paul Bettencourt — Yea
Pete Flores — Yea
Phil King — Yea
Robert Nichols — Not Voting
Roland Gutierrez — Not Voting
Royce West — Not Voting
Sarah Eckhardt — Not Voting
Tan Parker — Yea

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passage

Passed 17 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17904
Total 17904
% of votes cast 57%30%0%13%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Adam Hinojosa — Yea
Angela Paxton — Yea
Bob Hall — Yea
Borris Miles — Nay
Brandon Creighton — Yea
Brent Hagenbuch — Yea
Brian Birdwell — Not Voting
Bryan Hughes — Yea
Carol Alvarado — Nay
Charles Perry — Yea
Charles Schwertner — Yea
César Blanco — Nay
Donna Campbell — Yea
Joan Huffman — Yea
José Menéndez — Nay
Juan Hinojosa — Nay
Judith Zaffirini — Nay
Kevin Sparks — Yea
Lois Kolkhorst — Yea
Mayes Middleton — Yea
Molly Cook — Nay
Nathan Johnson — Nay
Paul Bettencourt — Yea
Pete Flores — Yea
Phil King — Yea
Robert Nichols — Not Voting
Roland Gutierrez — Nay
Royce West — Not Voting
Sarah Eckhardt — Not Voting
Tan Parker — Yea

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passage

Passed 82 Yea · 48 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8248021
Total 8248021
% of votes cast 54%32%0%14%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
Present — Not Voting
Speaker(C) — Not Voting
Mone — Not Voting
Garcia — Not Voting
Morales — Not Voting
Rodríguez Ramo — Not Voting
AJ Louderback — Yea
Aicha Davis — Not Voting
Alan Schoolcraft — Yea
Alma Allen — Nay
Andy Hopper — Yea
Angelia Orr — Yea
Angie Button — Yea
Armando Martinez — Nay
Armando Walle — Not Voting
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins — Nay
Ben Bumgarner — Yea
Brad Buckley — Yea
Brian Harrison — Nay
Briscoe Cain — Yea
Brooks Landgraf — Yea
Candy Noble — Not Voting
Carl Tepper — Yea
Caroline Fairly — Yea
Carrie Isaac — Yea
Cassandra Garcia Hernandez — Not Voting
Cecil Bell — Yea
Charles Cunningham — Yea
Charlie Geren — Not Voting
Chris Turner — Nay
Christian Manuel — Nay
Claudia Ordaz — Not Voting
Cody Harris — Yea
Cody Vasut — Yea
Cole Hefner — Yea
Dade Phelan — Yea
Daniel Alders — Yea
David Lowe — Not Voting
David Spiller — Yea
Denise Villalobos — Yea
Dennis Paul — Yea
Diego Bernal — Nay
Don McLaughlin — Yea
Donna Howard — Nay
Drew Darby — Yea
Eddie Morales — Not Voting
Ellen Troxclair — Yea
Erin Gámez — Not Voting
Erin Zwiener — Nay
Garcia Hernandez — Nay
Gary Gates — Yea
Gary VanDeaver — Yea
Gene Wu — Nay
Gina Hinojosa — Nay
Giovanni Capriglione — Yea
Greg Bonnen — Yea
Harold V. Dutton, Jr. — Nay
Harris Davila — Yea
Helen Kerwin — Yea
Hillary Hickland — Yea
Hubert Vo — Nay
J. M. Lozano — Yea
James B. Frank — Yea
James Talarico — Nay
Janie Lopez — Yea
Janis Holt — Yea
Jared Patterson — Yea
Jay Dean — Yea
Jeff Barry — Yea
Jeff Leach — Yea
Jessica González — Nay
Joanne Shofner — Yea
Joe Moody — Nay
John Bryant — Nay
John Bucy III — Nay
John Lujan — Yea
John McQueeney — Yea
John Smithee — Yea
Jolanda Jones — Nay
Jon Rosenthal — Nay
Katrina Pierson — Yea
Keith Bell — Yea
Keresa Richardson — Yea
Lacey Hull — Yea
Lauren A. Simmons — Nay
Leo Wilson — Yea
Linda Garcia — Nay
Liz Campos — Nay
Mano DeAyala — Yea
Marc LaHood — Yea
Mark Dorazio — Yea
Mary Ann Perez — Nay
Mary E. González — Nay
Matt Morgan — Yea
Matt Shaheen — Yea
Mihaela Plesa — Nay
Mike Olcott — Yea
Mike Schofield — Yea
Mitch Little — Yea
Molly Cook — Yea
Morales Shaw — Nay
Morgan Meyer — Yea
Nate Schatzline — Yea
Nathan Johnson — Not Voting
Nicole Collier — Nay
Oscar Longoria — Not Voting
Pat Curry — Yea
Paul Dyson — Yea
Pete Flores — Nay
Phil King — Yea
Philip Cortez — Nay
R. D. "Bobby" Guerra — Not Voting
Rafael Anchía — Nay
Ramon Romero, Jr. — Nay
Ray Lopez — Nay
Rhetta Bowers — Nay
Richard Hayes — Yea
Richard Peña Raymond — Nay
Ron Reynolds — Not Voting
Ryan Guillen — Yea
Salman Bhojani — Nay
Sam Harless — Yea
Senfronia Thompson — Nay
Sergio Muñoz, Jr. — Nay
Shelby Slawson — Yea
Shelley Luther — Yea
Sheryl Cole — Nay
Stan Gerdes — Yea
Stan Kitzman — Yea
Stan Lambert — Yea
Steve Toth — Yea
Suleman Lalani — Nay
Terri Leo Wilson — Yea
Terry Canales — Nay
Thresa "Terry" Meza — Not Voting
Todd Hunter — Yea
Tom Craddick — Yea
Tom Oliverson — Yea
Toni Rose — Nay
Tony Tinderholt — Yea
Trent Ashby — Yea
Trey Martinez Fischer — Not Voting
Trey Wharton — Yea
Valoree Swanson — Yea
Venton Jones — Nay
Vikki Goodwin — Nay
Vincent Perez — Nay
Ward Johnson — Nay
Wes Virdell — Yea
Will Metcalf — Yea
Yvonne Davis — Nay

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 7?
HB 7 is sponsored by Leo Wilson, Carl Tepper, David Spiller, John Smithee, Shelby Slawson, Joanne Shofner, Matt Shaheen, Alan Schoolcraft, Nate Schatzline, Keresa Richardson, Dennis Paul, Jared Patterson, Tom Oliverson, Mike Olcott, Morgan Meyer, John McQueeney, AJ Louderback, Janie Lopez, Mitch Little, Brooks Landgraf, Stan Kitzman, Helen Kerwin, Carrie Isaac, Todd Hunter, Lacey Hull, Andy Hopper, Janis Holt, Cole Hefner, Richard Hayes, Cody Harris, Sam Harless, Ryan Guillen, Stan Gerdes, James B. Frank, Paul Dyson, Mark Dorazio, Pat Curry, Charles Cunningham, Giovanni Capriglione, Briscoe Cain, Ben Bumgarner, Brad Buckley, Greg Bonnen, Keith Bell, Cecil Bell, Trent Ashby, Daniel Alders, Will Metcalf, Katrina Pierson, Ellen Troxclair, Hillary Hickland, Jeff Leach, Kevin Sparks, Charles Schwertner, Angela Paxton, Tan Parker, Mayes Middleton, Lois Kolkhorst, Joan Huffman, Adam Hinojosa, Bob Hall, Brent Hagenbuch, Donna Campbell, Paul Bettencourt, Bryan Hughes, Terri Leo Wilson, Trey Wharton, Denise Villalobos, Cody Vasut, Tony Tinderholt, Ken King, David Cook, and Caroline Harris Davila.
What is the current status of HB 7?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced August 20, 2025. Enacted.
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