2023 Texas Legislative Tracker (and ways to HELP!)

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1	Here are the anti-LGBTQ bills I could find that are up for consideration in the 2023 Texas Legislative Session. (Let me know what's missing and if my information is incorrect. This isn't my day job uwu)
2	Yellow highlight = a bill my own representatives have signed on as author or co-author. SHAME!
3	Orange highlight = a bill that has passed a chamber and moved to the other chamber.
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5	Bill #	Update	Author	Supporters	Status	Cliff's Notes Version (based on me, a mom, at my kitchen table)	Description
6	House Bills
7	HB17	4/4/23	Cook \| Moody \| Leach \| Metcalf \| Burrows	Allison \| Anderson \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Bumgarner \| Burns \| Cain \| Capriglione \| Craddick \| Dean \| Dorazio \| Frank \| Frazier \| Gerdes \| Goldman \| Guillen \| Harris, Caroline \| Hayes \| Hefner \| Holland \| Hull \| Isaac \| Kitzman \| Klick \| Landgraf \| Leo-Wilson \| Lopez, Janie \| Meyer \| Murr \| Noble \| Oliverson \| Patterson \| Paul \| Price \| Rogers \| Schaefer \| Schatzline \| Shaheen \| Slawson \| Spiller \| Swanson \| Tepper \| Thimesch \| Thompson, Ed \| Toth \| Troxclair \| VanDeaver \| Vasut \| Wilson	Reported favorably as substituted	Currently, some DA's are refusing to follow Abbott's directive and prosecute families of trans kids for "child abuse" -- this bill would punish DA's for ignoring the governor's illegal order.	Relating to the official misconduct and removal of district attorneys and county attorneys.
8	HB23	2/23/23	Swanson \| Slawson \| Klick \| Bonnen \| Oliverson	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| Burns \| Burrows \| Button \| Cain \| Capriglione \| Clardy \| Cook \| Craddick \| Cunningham \| Darby \| Dean \| DeAyala \| Dorazio \| Frank \| Frazier \| Gates \| Gerdes \| Goldman \| Guillen \| Harless \| Harris, Caroline \| Harris, Cody \| Harrison \| Hayes \| Hefner \| Holland \| Hull \| Isaac \| Jetton \| Kacal \| King, Ken \| Kitzman \| Kuempel \| Lambert \| Landgraf \| Leach \| Leo-Wilson \| Lopez, Janie \| Lozano \| Lujan \| Metcalf \| Meyer \| Morrison \| Murr \| Noble \| Orr \| Patterson \| Paul \| Price \| Raney \| Rogers \| Schaefer \| Schatzline \| Shaheen \| Shine \| Slaton \| Smith \| Smithee \| Spiller \| Stucky \| Tepper \| Thimesch \| Thompson, Ed \| Tinderholt \| Toth \| Troxclair \| VanDeaver \| Vasut \| Wilson	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Extends the transgender athlete ban to collegiate sports AND prohibits trans minors from even participating in sports (currently they are "just" banned from competing)	Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes.
9	HB41	2/23/23	Cain \| Hayes \| Leo-Wilson \| Spiller \| Wilson	Spiller \| Wilson	Referred to Public Health Committee	Bans gender affirming care	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.
10	HB42	2/23/23	Slaton	Cain \| Schatzline \| Smithee \| Spiller \| Tinderholt \| Toth	Referred to Public Health Committee	Claims that gender affirming care is child abuse	Relating to the definition of child abuse.
11	HB111	2/23/23	Toth	Cain \| Hayes \| Leo-Wilson \| Patterson \| Spiller \| Swanson	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Book ban	Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
12	HB121	2/23/23	Vasut		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Prohibits cities from adopting non-discrimination ordinances, and voids any existing NDO's in the state (including the one we passed last year in Denton)	Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain employment benefits and policies.
13	HB122	2/23/23	Toth	Cain \| Hayes \| Leo-Wilson \| Spiller \| Wilson	Referred to Public Health Committee	Bans gender affirming care	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.
14	HB125	2/23/23	Slaton		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Punishes local DA's if they refuse to prosecute parents if the only charge against them is that their child is transgender. Fines them up to $25,000 and removes them from office.	Relating to the enforcement of certain election laws by district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys; providing a civil penalty.
15	HB151	2/23/23	Slaton	Spiller	Referred to State Affairs Committee	"Don't Say Gay"	Relating to certain affirmative defenses to prosecution for the criminal offenses of sexual performance by a child and possession or promotion of child pornography.
16	HB200	4/5/23	Leach		Reported favorably without amendments	Punishes attorneys who refuse to prosecute families for "child abuse" for having a transgender child.	Relating to the reestablishment of the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council.
17	HB262	2/23/23	Swanson		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Lets Ken Paxton decide whether or not Texas will follow federal executive orders (including orders protecting the LGBTQ community)	Relating to the identification of and prohibited cooperation by state and local entities with certain federal acts that violate the United States Constitution.
18	HB319	2/23/23	Oliverson	Leo-Wilson \| Wilson	Referred to Public Health Committee	Religious Refusal Bill	Relating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.
19	HB338	2/23/23	Oliverson \| Harless \| Holland \| Bell, Keith \| Spiller	Leo-Wilson \| Swanson	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Censorship of books	Relating to content ratings for books and other written materials used in public schools.
20	HB360	2/23/23	Toth	Cain \| Hayes \| Hefner \| Leo-Wilson \| Metcalf \| Patterson	Referred to Public Education Committee	Micromanages teachers	Relating to requiring the disclosure of certain information regarding public school teaching materials and activities.
21	HB436	2/23/23	Patterson		Referred to Public Health Committee	Claims that gender affirming care is child abuse	Relating to the definition of abuse of a child.
22	HB552	2/23/23	Troxclair		Referred to State Affairs Committee	"Don't Say Gay" and Book Ban	Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
23	HB571	2/23/23	Leo-Wilson	Cain \| Dorazio \| Frazier \| Harris, Caroline \| Hayes \| Patterson \| Swanson \| Tepper \| Toth \| VanDeaver \| Vasut \| Wilson	Referred to State Affairs Committee	"Don't Say Gay" and Book Ban	Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
24	HB631	2/23/23	Toth	Cain \| Hefner \| Leo-Wilson \| Metcalf \| Patterson	Referred to Public Education Committee	"Don't Say Gay" and would out LGBTQ children to their parents	Relating to parental rights in education.
25	HB643	2/23/23	Patterson	Leo-Wilson \| Wilson	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Private businesses that create safe spaces for LGBTQ people would be labeled as "sexually oriented businesses"	Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.
26	HB672	2/23/23	Hefner		Referred to Public Health Committee	Claims that gender affirming care is child abuse	Relating to the definition of child abuse and the prosecution of the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
27	HB708	2/28/23	Shaheen		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Private businesses that create safe spaces for LGBTQ people would be labeled as "sexually oriented businesses"	Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.
28	HB776	2/28/23	Harrison		Referred to Public Health Committee	Bans gender affirming care	Relating to prohibited practices by physicians.
29	HB858	3/1/23	Slaton	Spiller	Referred to State Affairs Committee	"Don't Say Gay" and Book Ban	Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
30	HB869	3/1/23	Hefner		Referred to State Affairs Committee	"Don't Say Gay" and Book Ban	Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
31	HB888	4/10/23	Slawson \| Leach \| Shaheen \| Noble \| Troxclair	Anderson \| Cain \| Dorazio \| Hayes \| Hefner \| Isaac \| Leo-Wilson \| Metcalf \| Orr \| Rogers \| Spiller	Reported favorably as substituted	Bans gender affirming care	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.
32	HB976	3/2/23	Patterson \| Cain	Hayes \| Leo-Wilson	Referred to State Affairs Committee	"Don't Say Gay" and Book Ban	Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
33	HB1006	3/2/23	Tepper		Referred to Higher Education Committee	Requires universities to be "politically neutral" (the fuck does that even mean when talking about climate change, institutional racism, gender identity, etc WHICH ALL EXIST OUTSIDE OF POLITICS), and bans offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. More bad stuff too.	Relating to protected expression, intellectual freedom, and viewpoint diversity at public institutions of higher education.
34	HB1029	3/2/23	Harrison		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Bans gender affirming care	Relating to a prohibition on funding for gender reassignment.
35	HB1033	3/2/23	Tepper	Cain \| Leo-Wilson \| Orr	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Prohibits DEI training in government agencies.	Relating to prohibiting the use of political tests by governmental entities and certain government contracts.
36	HB1046	3/2/23	Tepper		Referred to Higher Education Committee	Something about how universities couldn't pass on a job applicant, or couldn't fire a current employee, if they were a bigot or racist	Relating to prohibiting the use of political tests by public institutions of higher education.
37	HB1149	4/18/23	Swanson		Scheduled for public hearing (public ed committee)	Requires school counselors to get parent's permission before speaking with their child?? What if parents are the problem??	Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee.
38	HB1155	3/2/23	Patterson \| Hefner \| Harris, Cody	Bumgarner \| Cain \| Cook \| Dean \| Dorazio \| Gates \| Gerdes \| Harris, Caroline \| Hull \| Isaac \| Kitzman \| Landgraf \| Leach \| Leo-Wilson \| Lopez, Janie \| Lozano \| Lujan \| Metcalf \| Murr \| Noble \| Oliverson \| Orr \| Schaefer \| Schatzline \| Shaheen \| Slawson \| Smith \| Spiller \| Swanson \| Tepper \| Toth \| Troxclair \| Vasut	Referred to Public Education Committee	Bans any classroom discussion about gender identity or sexual orientation.	Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for certain public school students.
39	HB1266	3/3/23	Schatzline		Referred to State Affairs Committee	This is another one of those attempts to ban drag.	Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.
40	HB1350	3/3/23	Cook \| Hull \| Slawson \| Oliverson	Bumgarner \| Cain \| Capriglione \| Cunningham \| Frank \| Frazier \| Gates \| Goldman \| Harris, Caroline \| Harrison \| Holland \| Isaac \| Jetton \| King, Ken \| Leo-Wilson \| Lopez, Janie \| Noble \| Patterson \| Rogers \| Schatzline \| Shaheen \| Smith \| Stucky \| Swanson \| Tepper \| Thimesch \| Troxclair \| Vasut	Referred to State Affairs Committee	I know families in Texas who have NOT been investigated by CPS, BECAUSE their local district attorney has said that they would not prosecute those cases. This bill would force local DA's to prosecute anyway.	Relating to the enforcement of criminal offenses by district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys; providing a civil penalty.
41	HB1408	3/3/23	Schaefer	Cain \| Leo-Wilson	Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Committee	I believe the intent is to define "child porn" more broadly, but it's so broad that I can see it really limiting the ability to teach comprehensive sex ed. I can also think of graphic novels written for teens that would be banned because "partically clothed" and "buttocks" are banned categories in this bill as well. CLUTCHES PEARLS	Relating to changing the elements of the offense of possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child and to the prosecution and punishment of that offense and the severability of certain related penal laws.
42	HB1404	3/3/23	Shaheen		Referred to Public Education Committee	Book ban: if a book is deemed "obscene," (this bill doesn't define "obscene" either, so it can be pretty much anything?) then the publisher is put on a list (probably not good when the govt starts compiling lists) and then the school district is forbidden from purchasing books from that publisher in the future.	Relating to prohibiting public schools from purchasing library materials from certain vendors.
43	HB1507	3/28/23	King, Ken \| Metcalf \| Harris, Cody	Cain \| Hayes \| Leo-Wilson \| Patterson \| Tepper \| Wilson	Left pending in committee (Public Ed)	OMG first off "sexual preference" isn't a thing, dinosaurs. Secondly, it would ban discussion of LGBTQ identities and ban pride flags, buttons, etc displayed in schools. Teachers/etc would be banned from organizing pride events. (Does this also ban GSAs? Pretty sure that's unconstitutional.) Would fine people between $500 - $10,000 for basically being an ally.	Relating to prohibiting public school programs dedicated to celebrating or providing special instruction regarding a sexual preference; authorizing a fine.
44	HB1532	3/3/23	Schatzline		Referred to Public Health Committee	Defines gender affirming care as child abuse, would remove the license of any healthcare professional who provides this life-saving, best-practice, data-driven care to their minor patients, and bans insurance companies from covering care like this.	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.
45	HB1541	3/3/23	Toth	Cain \| Landgraf \| Leo-Wilson \| Patterson	Referred to Public Education Committee	"Outs" children to their parents (not always safe for the child), bans any discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom ("Don't Say Gay"), and fines school employees $10,000 for every violation	Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty.
46	HB1607	3/7/23	Harris, Cody	Leo-Wilson	Referred to Higher Education Committee	Censors college level courses and limits academic freedom. Sounds a lot like gender studies, women's studies, and African American studies (just as a few examples) couldn't be taught effectively, if at all.	Relating to prohibiting certain instruction as part of a course at a public institution of higher education.
47	HB1655	3/7/23	Patterson \| Oliverson	Anderson \| Hayes \| Metcalf	Referred to Public Education Committee	Book ban: An overly broad definition of what constitutes "obscenity" and seems like a 1st amendment violation.	Relating to the regulation of books sold to or included in public school libraries.
48	HB1686	3/28/23	Oliverson \| Klick \| Metcalf \| Toth \| Geren	Allison \| Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Cecil \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| Bumgarner \| Burns \| Burrows \| Cain \| Capriglione \| Clardy \| Cook \| Cunningham \| Darby \| Dean \| DeAyala \| Dorazio \| Frank \| Frazier \| Gates \| Gerdes \| Goldman \| Guillen \| Harless \| Harris, Caroline \| Harris, Cody \| Harrison \| Hayes \| Hefner \| Holland \| Hull \| Isaac \| Jetton \| Kacal \| King, Ken \| Kitzman \| Kuempel \| Lambert \| Landgraf \| Leach \| Leo-Wilson \| Lopez, Janie \| Lozano \| Lujan \| Meyer \| Morrison \| Murr \| Noble \| Orr \| Patterson \| Paul \| Price \| Raney \| Rogers \| Schaefer \| Schatzline \| Shaheen \| Shine \| Slaton \| Slawson \| Smith \| Smithee \| Spiller \| Stucky \| Swanson \| Tepper \| Thimesch \| Thompson, Ed \| Tinderholt \| Troxclair \| VanDeaver \| Vasut \| Wilson	Left pending in committee (public health)	Gender affirming care ban: removes licenses from doctors and health care professionals who provide this care, bans insurance companies from covering this care, and restricts "public funds" (children on medicaid) from being able to use their insurance to seek gender affirming care.	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.
49	HB1732	3/7/23	Leach		Referred to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee	Punishes attorneys who refuse to prosecute families for "child abuse" for having a transgender child.	Relating to the reestablishment of the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council.
50	HB1752	3/7/23	Toth	Cain \| Hayes \| Leo-Wilson \| Wilson	Referred to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee	Allows for civil cases to be brought against anyone who helps a minor child transition (drs, parents, etc) -- can SUE for up to 20 years for $10,000,000. Includes care for trans Texans that occurs in other states, too.	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.
51	HB1804	3/7/23	Leo-Wilson \| Hefner \| Buckley \| Slawson \| Oliverson	Allison \| Anderson \| Bell, Cecil \| Bonnen \| Bumgarner \| Burns \| Cain \| Cook \| Cunningham \| Dorazio \| Frank \| Frazier \| Gerdes \| Harris, Caroline \| Harris, Cody \| Hayes \| Isaac \| Jetton \| Kitzman \| Klick \| Lambert \| Leach \| Lopez, Janie \| Lozano \| Lujan \| Metcalf \| Noble \| Orr \| Patterson \| Paul \| Raney \| Rogers \| Schaefer \| Schatzline \| Shaheen \| Spiller \| Stucky \| Swanson \| Tepper \| Thimesch \| Thompson, Ed \| Toth \| Troxclair \| Vasut \| Wilson	Referred to Public Education Committee	Very "both-sides-ism" and "All Lives Matter" and white washes history and social studies, and prohibits the use of materials that are "offensive" (doesn't define "offensive") or depicts "lifestyles that deviate from generally accepted standards of society"	Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education.
52	HB1952	3/29/23	Toth \| Anderson		Left pending in committee (judiciary & civil jurisprudence)	Requires that birth certificates list "biological sex" based on Y chromosomes on the document.	Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate.
53	HB2116	3/9/23	Bumgarner		Referred to Public Health Committee	Requires anyone of ANY age to get cleared by a psychologist before they can receive gender affirming care. Very gatekeep-y.	Relating to psychological evaluations before the provision of gender reassignment treatments and procedures.
54	HB2127	4/13/23	Burrows \| Meyer \| Goldman \| King, Ken \| Raymond	Anderson \| Ashby \| Bailes \| Bell, Keith \| Bonnen \| Buckley \| Burns \| Button \| Cain \| Capriglione \| Clardy \| Cook \| Darby \| Dean \| DeAyala \| Dorazio \| Frank \| Gates \| Gerdes \| Harless \| Harris, Caroline \| Harris, Cody \| Harrison \| Hayes \| Hefner \| Holland \| Hull \| Isaac \| Jetton \| Kacal \| Kitzman \| Klick \| Lambert \| Landgraf \| Leach \| Leo-Wilson \| Longoria \| Lujan \| Metcalf \| Morrison \| Murr \| Noble \| Orr \| Patterson \| Paul \| Raney \| Schaefer \| Schatzline \| Shaheen \| Slawson \| Smith \| Spiller \| Stucky \| Swanson \| Tepper \| Thimesch \| Toth \| Troxclair \| VanDeaver \| Vasut	Out of committee & committee report distributed	Prohibits cities from adopting non-discrimination ordinances, and voids any existing NDO's in the state (including the one we passed last year in Denton)	Relating to state preemption of certain municipal and county regulation.
55	HB2350	4/13/23	Harris, Cody		Out of committee & committee report filed with committee coordinator	If I'm reading this right, it sounds like cities can't pass any laws (like a non-discrimination ordinance, for example) that would require someone who holds an occupational licence (example: HVAC technician) to treat their customers equally. So, example, if my HVAC goes out this summer, the HVAC tech could legally deny me service because I have a trans child, and there's not a damn thing anyone could do about it.	Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate certain activities.
56	HB2602	3/13/23	Capriglione		Referred to State Affairs Committee		Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.
57	HB2659	3/13/23	Leo-Wilson	Dorazio \| Frazier \| Harris, Caroline \| Hayes \| Isaac \| Patterson \| Schatzline \| Swanson \| Toth \| Troxclair \| Wilson	Referred to Public Education Committee		Relating to protection for a public school employee's refusal to participate in certain inclusivity policies.
58	HB2722	3/13/23	Schaefer		Referred to Public Education Committee		Relating to a public school policy regarding multi-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities.
59	HB3082	3/14/23	Hayes		Referred to Public Health Committee		Relating to a pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy technician decision to not dispense or sell a drug according to religious belief or moral conviction.
60	HB3164	3/15/23	Tepper \| Noble \| Jetton \| Patterson \| Capriglione	Anderson \| Bumgarner \| Cain \| Cook \| Dorazio \| Frank \| Frazier \| Gates \| Gerdes \| Harris, Cody \| Harrison \| Hayes \| Hefner \| Hull \| Isaac \| Kitzman \| Leo-Wilson \| Lujan \| Metcalf \| Orr \| Rogers \| Slawson \| Smith \| Spiller \| Swanson \| Thimesch \| Toth \| Troxclair \| VanDeaver \| Vasut \| Wilson	Referred to Higher Education Committee		Relating to the prohibition of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and employees at public institutions of higher education.
61	HB3559	3/16/23	Harrison		Referred to Public Education Committee		Relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and organizations from providing training, insurance and risk pool contracts, and other professional services to public educational entities.
62	HB3614	3/16/23	Hefner		Referred to Public Education Committee		Relating to allowing school districts to employ chaplains to perform the duties of school counselors.
63	HB3682	3/16/23	Tepper \| Gates \| Cain \| Isaac	Harrison \| Toth \| Troxclair \| Wilson	Referred to State Affairs Committee		Relating to a prohibition against affirmative action in governmental employment and in higher education admissions.
64	HB3883	3/20/23	Troxclair		Referred to State Affairs Committee		Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.
65	HB3902	3/20/23	Harrison	Spiller	Referred to State Affairs Committee		Relating to certain general definitions in the Code Construction Act.
66	HB4534	3/22/23	Schatzline		Referred to Public Education Committee		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.
67	HB5001	3/23/23	Toth		Referred to Higher Education Committee		Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring diversity training as a condition for enrollment or registration.
68	HB5126	3/24/23	Shaheen		Referred to Higher Education Committee		Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to publish certain online resources.
69	HB5127	3/24/23	Shaheen \| Bonnen		Referred to Higher Education Committee		Relating to public higher education reform; authorizing administrative penalties.
70	HB5140	3/24/23	Smith		Referred to Public Health Committee		Relating to covenants not to compete for certain psychology or counseling professions.
71	HB5235	3/24/23	Toth		Referred to State Affairs Committee		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.
72	HB5236	3/24/23	Toth		Referred to State Affairs Committee		Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school.
73	HB5256	3/24/23	Toth		Referred to State Affairs Committee		Relating to a public school policy regarding multi-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities.
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75	Senate Bills
76	SB 14	4/13/23	Campbell \| Bettencourt \| Hall \| Hughes \| Kolkhorst \| Middleton \| Parker \| Paxton \| Perry \| Springer	Birdwell \| Creighton \| Hancock \| King \| Sparks	Referred to House Public Health Committee	Gender affirming care ban.	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.
77	SB15	4/10/23	Middleton \| Bettencourt \| Campbell \| Creighton \| Flores \| Hall \| Hancock \| Huffman \| Hughes \| King \| Kolkhorst \| Nichols \| Parker \| Paxton \| Perry \| Schwertner \| Sparks \| Springer	Birdwell	Referred to House Higher Education Committee	Bans transgender athletes from competing at the college level	Relating to requiring a student of a public institution of higher education who competes in intercollegiate athletic competitions to do so based on the student's biological sex.
78	SB17	4/13/23	Creighton \| Campbell \| King \| Kolkhorst \| Middleton \| Parker \| Paxton \| Schwertner \| Springer	Birdwell \| Hall	Out of Committee. Placed on Intent Calendar	Bans DEI committees and programs at universites,.	Relating to public higher education reform; authorizing administrative penalties.
79	SB162	4/10/23	Perry	Creighton \| Hall \| Middleton	Referred to House Public Health Committee	Prohibits minors from amending their birth certificate	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.
80	SB165	2/15/23	Campbell		Referred to Education Committee	"Don't Say Gay"	Relating to parental rights in public education and to audits of school district curricula by the Texas Education Agency.
81	SB249	2/15/23	Hall, Campbell, Perry	Bettencourt \| Parker	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Bans gender affirming care	Relating to the offense of genital mutilation.
82	SB250	4/12/23	Hall \| Campbell \| Perry	Parker	Out of committee. Committee report printed and distributed	Bans gender affirming care	Relating to the provision of and professional liability insurance coverage for gender transitioning or gender reassignment medical procedures and treatments for certain children.
83	SB378	2/15/23	Parker		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Essentially, it punishes local DA's who refuse to prosecute parents for "child abuse" if they have trans kids. (I know families who live in counties with DA's who refuse to prosecute them, but this law would force the DA to prosecute them anyway.)	Relating to the enforcement of criminal offenses by district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys; providing a civil penalty
84	SB391	2/15/23	Hall		Referred to Education Committee	Parents have to sign off on sex ed in school.	Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
85	SB393	2/15/23	Hall		Referred to Education Committee	Bans any classroom discussion about gender identity or sexual orientation, and provides a civil penalty	Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students; authorizing a civil remedy.
86	SB394	2/15/23	Hall		Referred to Education Committee	Gives parents access to a child's COMPLETE record at school, including counseling/psychology. Potentially "outs" students to parents who may not be supportive.	Relating to parental rights in public education.
87	SB395	2/15/23	Hall		Referred to Criminal Justice Committee	Micromanages teachers and bans books/classroom materials	Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.
88	SB400	2/15/23	Hall		Referred to Education Committee	Requires school counselors to get parent's permission before speaking with their child?? What if parents are the problem??	Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee.
89	SB404	2/15/23	King		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Punishes local DA's if they refuse to prosecute loving parents for child abuse if the only charge against them is that their child is transgender.	Relating to the reestablishment of the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council.
90	SB419	2/15/23	Paxton		Referred to Education Committee	Parents can sign off on a list of books that their child may not check out from the school library. Which seems -- I guess -- anti-education and semi-fascist?	Relating to parental access to a public school's library catalog and consent for student access to certain public school library materials.
91	SB420	2/15/23	Paxton		Referred to Education Comittee	Like SB419, but also includes a part where parents are informed about which books their kids are checking out (you know, in case the parents forgot to add another lgbtq book to their own personal book ban list.)	Relating to a parent's right to access certain records regarding school library materials obtained by the parent's child and the option to receive notice each time the parent's child obtains a school library material.
92	SB421	2/15/23	Paxton		Referred to Education Committee	I MEAN ALL OF THESE BILLS BY ANGELA PAXTON ARE SHIT. She used to be a school counselor too. FUCKING INFURIATING.	Relating to the applicability of certain requirements relating to parental rights, open records, and public information to school districts designated as districts of innovation.
93	SB437	2/15/23	Middleton		Referred to Criminal Justice Committee	Sounds like another book ban?	Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
94	SB476	2/17/23	Hughes	Kolkhorst	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Attempting to ban drag, essentially.	Relating to the definition of sexually oriented business.
95	SB563	2/17/23	Sparks		Referred to Business and Commerce Committee	Prohibits cities from passing non-discrimination ordinances, and voids any NDO's already adopted by cities (including here in Denton)	Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain employment benefits and policies.
96	SB559	4/3/23	Hughes	Bettencourt \| Birdwell \| Creighton \| Flores \| Middleton \| Perry	Referred to House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee	Allows people with a "sincerely held religious belief" to discriminate against people.	Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
97	SB595	2/17/23	Kolkhorst		Referred to Education Committee	Requires a parent to sign off on any school mental health resources that a student may be seeking. It's a barrier for some students, especially LGBTQ students who may not be safe if their parents know of their LGBTQ status	Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee.
98	SB625	2/17/23	Campbell	Kolkhorst \| Parker	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Gender affirming care ban: removes licenses from doctors and health care professionals who provide this care, bans insurance companies from covering this care, and restricts "public funds" (children on medicaid) from being able to use their insurance to seek gender affirming care.	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.
99	SB648	2/17/23	Middleton		Referred to State Affairs Committee	Punishes local DA's if they refuse to prosecute loving parents for child abuse if the only charge against them is that their child is transgender.	Relating to the procedure for removing certain prosecuting attorneys for their policies on the enforcement of criminal offenses; providing a private cause of action.
100	SB649	2/17/23	Middleton	Creighton \| King \| Kolkhorst \| Perry	Referred to State Affairs Committee	Expands the transgender sports ban to college level athletes, and bans trans youth from even participating in sports that align with their gender identity (currently they are banned from competing, but not participating)	Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes.