By: Slaton H.B. No. 3850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the construction of abortion statutes in relation to
pregnant biological females who do not identify as a woman or
female.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 311.036, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A statute that regulates or prohibits abortion may not
be construed to permit the performance or inducement of an abortion
on a pregnant biological female who does not identify as a woman or
female.
SECTION 2. Section 311.036(d), Government Code, as added by
this Act, is intended to clarify rather than change existing law.
SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2023.