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HB1105 • 2026

Abortion

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2, relative to criminal abortion.

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Sponsor
Salinas, Oliver
Last action
2025-03-11
Official status
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on enforcement or penalties for non-compliance with these exceptions.

Abortion Exceptions for Rape and Incest

This bill amends Tennessee's criminal abortion laws to include exceptions if the pregnancy is due to rape or incest and was performed by a licensed physician.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds an exception to the law that makes abortion illegal if the patient's pregnancy resulted from rape, incest, aggravated rape, especially aggravated rape, or especially aggravated rape of a child.
  • Requires the person performing the abortion to be a licensed physician.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who become pregnant due to rape or incest
  • Doctors who perform abortions

Terms To Know

Aggravated rape
A more severe form of sexual assault that includes additional harmful actions.
Especially aggravated rape
The most serious type of sexual assault, often involving extreme violence or other aggravating factors.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the person performing the abortion is not a licensed physician.
  • Does not provide details on how to prove that a pregnancy resulted from rape or incest.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  2. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025

  3. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

  4. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Population Health Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  5. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  6. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Population Health Subcommittee

  7. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Health Committee

  8. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  9. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  10. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  11. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1011
By Oliver

HOUSE BILL 1105
By Salinas

HB1105
001096
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
Chapter 15, Part 2, relative to criminal abortion.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-213, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
(g) It is an exception to the application of subsection (b) that the person who
performed or attempted to perform the abortion was a licensed physician and the
patient's pregnancy was the result of aggravated rape, as defined in § 39-13-502; rape,
as defined in § 39-13-503; rape of a child, as defined in § 39-13-522; especially
aggravated rape, as defined in § 39-13-534; especially aggravated rape of a child, as
defined in § 39-13-535; or incest, as defined in § 39-15-302.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.