Overview

• The House approved HB 7 on a party-line 84–46 vote, sending it to the Senate, which reporters say is likely to take it up next week before any decision by Gov. Greg Abbott.
• Under the bill, out-of-state prescribers, manufacturers and distributors could face civil damages up to $100,000 per violation, with close relatives eligible for the full amount and other plaintiffs capped at $10,000 with the remainder directed to charity.
• The measure mirrors SB8’s private-enforcement design to limit pre-enforcement court challenges, and it exempts the pregnant person from civil liability.
• Backers frame the bill as a way to reach providers operating under shield laws in other states by targeting telehealth prescribing and mail delivery into Texas.
• Supporters say the law protects women and unborn children, critics call it a bounty system that will chill care, and clinical data cited in coverage describe mifepristone and misoprostol as highly effective with rare serious complications.