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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 2197: Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2197 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct. Primary sponsor: Brent Money (Republican), Andy Hopper (Republican). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Withdrawn from schedule.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brent MoneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Andy HopperPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Shelley LutherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Matt MorganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Mike OlcottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Tom OliversonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Tony TinderholtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Withdrawn from schedule
  2. Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
  3. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  4. Read first time
  5. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source