Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty, the official text

S.B. No. 456

AN ACT

relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a

criminal penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, is amended to read

as follows:

(d) An offense under [A violation of] this section is a

state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor].

SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 164, Occupations Code, is

amended by adding Section 164.0571 to read as follows:

Sec. 164.0571. REQUIRED REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR PROCEDURE

INVOLVING CERTAIN HUMAN ORGANS. The board shall revoke the license

of a physician if the physician knowingly uses a human organ

obtained in violation of Section 48.02, Penal Code, in a medical

procedure.

SECTION 3. Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, as amended by this

Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective

date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of

this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was

committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed

before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense

occurred before that date.

SECTION 4. Section 164.0571, Occupations Code, as added by

this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the

effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the

effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the

date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect

for that purpose.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 456 passed the Senate on

May 6, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 456 passed the House on

May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, one

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor