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TX HB980

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

11/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Steve Toth

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires Texas birth certificate forms to include a space for recording biological sex as either male or female only

  • Mandates that children born with a Y chromosome be classified as male and children born without a Y chromosome be classified as female

  • Establishes that this chromosome-based classification method applies to all other Texas laws regarding determination of a person's sex or gender

  • Directs the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules necessary to implement the changes

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate.

Health

Last Action

Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

3/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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