By Longoria H.B. No. 213 77R1011 JAT-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the time at which life begins. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Chapter 168 to read as follows: 1-6 CHAPTER 168. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS 1-7 Sec. 168.001. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS. The life of an 1-8 individual human organism begins at the moment of fertilization. 1-9 Sec. 168.002. RIGHTS OF UNBORN. An unborn human organism is 1-10 alive and is entitled to the rights, protections, and privileges 1-11 accorded to any other person in this state. 1-12 Sec. 168.003. POWER TO ENACT. This chapter is enacted 1-13 pursuant to the power reserved to this state under the Tenth 1-14 Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it is 1-16 enacted, as required by Section 39, Article III, Texas 1-17 Constitution, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to 1-18 each house. If this Act does not receive the votes required for 1-19 immediate effect, this Act takes effect on August 27, 2001.