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TX SB1696
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Bob Hall
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AI Summary
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Requires birth certificates to record biological sex as either male or female, determined by sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile at birth
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Prohibits state registrars and courts from issuing amended birth certificates that change biological sex information, except to correct clerical errors or for individuals with medically documented atypical/ambiguous sex characteristics at birth
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Mandates death certificates include the decedent's biological sex as determined at birth, recorded as either male or female
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Requires driver's licenses, personal identification certificates, and commercial driver's licenses to display the holder's biological sex as male or female as determined at birth
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Provides an exception allowing birth certificates to omit sex designation when a physician determines a child has atypical or ambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile, with the option to amend later once sex is determined
Legislative Description
Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on certain government documents and identification cards.
Health
Last Action
Referred to State Affairs
3/11/2025