83S20062 KKR-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 45
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on regulations to restrict abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 170, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 170.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 170.003. LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL ABORTION
RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding any other law, a law enacted on or
after June 1, 2013, that restricts access to abortion or the
availability of abortion does not take effect until 60 days after
publication in the Texas Register of a finding of fact made by the
attorney general that the state has abolished the use of the death
penalty as a punishment available on final conviction of a criminal
offense.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.