Texas SB1953

Relating to the inclusion of a person's biological sex on certain government documents and identification cards. [...] The form must include a space for recording the biological sex of a child as either male or female.

A person required to file a birth certificate under this section shall ensure the biological sex of a child, as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile of the child, is listed in the appropriate space on the child's birth certificate.

The state registrar, local registrar, or other person who issues a birth certificate under this section may not issue, and a court may not order the issuance of, a birth certificate that incorporates a person's completed or corrected biological sex information unless: (1) the certificate corrects a clerical error on the original birth certificate;

PROHIBITED AMENDMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SEX INFORMATION ON DEATH CERTIFICATE. The department or a local registrar with whom a decedent's death certificate is filed may not issue, and a court may not order the issuance of, a death certificate that lists the decedent's sex as the opposite of the decedent's biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile of the decedent at birth.