Thursday, May 26, 2005
Last Attempt At Parental Consent
With the death of both parental consent bills, SB 1150 and HB 1212, there is only one vehicle left to advance parental consent this session. Rep. Will Hartnett (R-Dallas) and Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford) introduced a parental consent amendment to SB 419, (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners Sunset Bill) on the House floor. The amendment does not include language to alter judicial bypass that was part of the introduced version of the amendment.
The bill cleared both the House and the Senate and will now have to pass through the Senate conference committee by next Monday, May 30. Conference committee members have been named and include Nelson, Harris, Eltife, Deuell, and Zaffirini. House conferees have not yet been named.
Pro-choice groups say parental consent will remain part of SB 419, but they say that they will remain on the defense to try and prevent additional anti-abortion amendments from attaching to the bill.
The bill cleared both the House and the Senate and will now have to pass through the Senate conference committee by next Monday, May 30. Conference committee members have been named and include Nelson, Harris, Eltife, Deuell, and Zaffirini. House conferees have not yet been named.
Pro-choice groups say parental consent will remain part of SB 419, but they say that they will remain on the defense to try and prevent additional anti-abortion amendments from attaching to the bill.