Trans Legislation Tracker

Texas

We are tracking 69 anti-trans bills in Texas in 2023. The legislation impacts 8 categories:

HEALTHCARE

EDUCATION

PERFORMANCE

CIVIL RIGHTS

BIRTH CERTIFICATES

SPORTS

BATHROOM

INCARCERATION

TX HB1029

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to a prohibition on funding for gender reassignment.

TX HB107

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to the prohibition on instruction and certain activities regarding sexual orientation or gender identity provided or allowed by school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and district and charter school employees.

TX HB1155

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for certain public school students.

TX HB122

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on providing to certain children procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria; creating a criminal offense.

TX HB1266

PERFORMANCE
FAILED

Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.

TX HB144

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to the implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by certain governmental entities.

TX HB1532

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and to the abuse of a child.

TX HB1541

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty.

TX HB1686

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.

TX HB1752

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to liability for the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria; providing a civil penalty.

TX HB182

CIVIL RIGHTS
FAILED

Relating to certain general definitions in the Code Construction Act.

TX HB1898

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to a grant program to fund the provision by children's hospitals of mental and behavioral health services to children in this state.

TX HB1952

BIRTH CERTIFICATES
FAILED

Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain minors.

TX HB21

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to civil liability for the sterilization, castration, or genital mutilation of children.

TX HB2116

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to psychological evaluations before the provision of gender reassignment treatments and procedures.

TX HB23

SPORTS
FAILED

Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes.

TX HB262

SPORTS
FAILED

Relating to the identification of and prohibited cooperation by state and local entities with certain federal acts that violate the United States Constitution.

TX HB2659

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to protection for a public school employee's refusal to participate in certain inclusivity policies.

TX HB2722

BATHROOM
FAILED

Relating to a public school policy regarding multi-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities.

TX HB2862

INCARCERATION
FAILED

Relating to the confinement of inmates according to biological sex.

TX HB3082

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to a pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy technician decision to not dispense or sell a drug according to religious belief or moral conviction.

TX HB3147

INCARCERATION
FAILED

Relating to the detainment and housing of juveniles and inmates based on biological sex.

TX HB3164

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to the prohibition of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and employees at public institutions of higher education.

TX HB319

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.

TX HB3213

INCARCERATION
FAILED

Relating to the detainment and housing of juveniles based on biological sex.

TX HB3502

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.

TX HB3883

CIVIL RIGHTS
FAILED

Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.

TX HB3902

CIVIL RIGHTS
FAILED

Relating to certain general definitions in the Code Construction Act.

TX HB41

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria.

TX HB4129

PERFORMANCE
FAILED

Relating to prohibiting certain erotic performances; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a civil penalty.

TX HB42

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to the definition of child abuse.

TX HB436

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to the definition of abuse of a child.

TX HB4378

PERFORMANCE
FAILED

Relating to a cause of action for drag performances performed in the presence of a minor.

TX HB4534

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to a policy prohibiting public school employees from assisting a student with social transitioning and to the loss of state funding for a violation by a public school.

TX HB4624

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to gender modification procedures and treatments for certain minors; providing a civil penalty.

TX HB4754

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for and prohibitions on gender transitioning procedures and treatments provided to certain individuals; creating a criminal offense.

TX HB4961

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to a parent's right to information concerning the gender identity of the parent's child.

TX HB5127

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to public higher education reform; authorizing administrative penalties.

TX HB5235

BATHROOM
FAILED

Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school; authorizing a civil penalty, authorizing a private civil right of action.

TX HB5236

BATHROOM
FAILED

Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school.

TX HB5256

BATHROOM
FAILED

Relating to a public school policy regarding multi-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities.

TX HB5261

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials and the establishment of an education savings account program.

TX HB631

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to parental rights in education.

TX HB643

PERFORMANCE
FAILED

Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.

TX HB672

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to the definition of child abuse and the prosecution of the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child.

TX HB708

PERFORMANCE
FAILED

Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.

TX HB776

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to prohibited practices by physicians.

TX HB888

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to the statute of limitations on a health care liability claim involving certain gender modification drugs provided to and procedures performed on a minor.

TX SB1029

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to civil liability for, governmental health plan coverage of, and public funding for gender modification procedures and treatments.

TX SB1072

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.

TX SB1082

CIVIL RIGHTS
FAILED

Relating to the definition and use of the terms "male" and "female" for purposes of certain government documents.

TX SB1198

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to the statute of limitations on a health care liability claim involving certain gender modification drugs provided to and procedures performed on a minor.

TX SB12

PERFORMANCE
PASSED

Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

TX SB14

HEALTHCARE
PASSED

Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.

TX SB1443

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to public school library materials and certain performances at public school facilities.

TX SB15

SPORTS
PASSED

Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex.

TX SB162

BIRTH CERTIFICATES
FAILED

Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain minors.

TX SB1690

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to prohibiting the conservatorship of a child by a parent who removes the child from this state for certain purposes relating to gender reassignment.

TX SB17

EDUCATION
PASSED

Relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education.

TX SB2281

PERFORMANCE
FAILED

Relating to prohibiting certain adult cabaret performances; creating a criminal offense.

TX SB249

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to the offense of genital mutilation.

TX SB250

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to the provision of and professional liability insurance coverage for gender transitioning or gender reassignment medical procedures and treatments for certain children.

TX SB393

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students; authorizing a civil remedy.

TX SB476

PERFORMANCE
FAILED

Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.

TX SB625

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.

TX SB649

SPORTS
FAILED

Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes.

TX SB77

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials.

TX SB8

EDUCATION
FAILED

Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials and the establishment of an education savings account program.

TX SCR3

HEALTHCARE
FAILED

Expressing support for ending "gender-affirming care."