Monitoring the SessionSB 350
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to prioritization of a pregnant individual's health when providing health care treatments; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Doctors recommend treatment for the patient ahead of the fetus.
The bill requires doctors and other health care practitioners to put a pregnant patient's health ahead of the fetus's health when recommending treatment, even if the treatment could injure or kill the fetus. It touches every physician and practitioner treating pregnant patients, and it keeps the patient's right to accept or refuse treatment and requires informed consent first. Licensing boards can fine practitioners who do not follow the rule, and it takes effect immediately with a two-thirds vote or on September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 203 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 203 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 13, 2024 and referred to the Senate Health & Human Services committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB350 · 2024-11-13
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relating to prioritization of a pregnant individual's health when providing health care treatments; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Doctors recommend treatment for the patient ahead of the fetus.
The bill requires doctors and other health care practitioners to put a pregnant patient's health ahead of the fetus's health when recommending treatment, even if the treatment could injure or kill the fetus. It touches every physician and practitioner treating pregnant patients, and it keeps the patient's right to accept or refuse treatment and requires informed consent first. Licensing boards can fine practitioners who do not follow the rule, and it takes effect immediately with a two-thirds vote or on September 1, 2025.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Eckhardt, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 15, 2023: Referred to Health & Human Services
Relating to prioritization of a pregnant individual's health when providing health care treatments; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 13, 2024
02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Health & Human Services · Final status: Died in committee
HB 1219 by Plesa (identical)
Abortion
Health Care Providers
Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions
Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations
Women
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH
The text as introduced · 271 words
89R2360 JG-D By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 350 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prioritization of a pregnant individual's health when providing health care treatments; authorizing an administrative penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 170A.008 to read as follows: Sec. 170A.008. PRIORITIZATION OF PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a physician or health care practitioner shall prioritize the health of a pregnant individual over the health of the fetus the individual is carrying when recommending a health care treatment for the individual, regardless of whether the treatment poses a risk of injury or death to the fetus. (b) A pregnant individual retains the right to agree to or refuse a health care treatment regardless of the physician's or health care practitioner's recommendation under Subsection (a), and the physician or practitioner may provide the treatment only after obtaining the individual's informed consent. (c) The appropriate licensing authority may impose an administrative penalty against a physician or health care practitioner who violates this section in the same manner and using the same procedures as the authority uses to impose an administrative penalty against a physician or practitioner who violates the authority's licensing or other regulatory laws or rules. 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 September 1, 2025.
