House Bill 1106 | Effective: 9-1-25 |
House Author: Shaheen et al. | House Committee: Human Services |
Senate Sponsor: Hall et al. | Senate Committee: Health & Human Services |
House Bill 1106 amends the Family Code to establish that the terms "abuse" and "neglect," for purposes of statutory provisions governing investigations of reports of child abuse or neglect, do not include the refusal by a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare to affirm a child's expressed sexual orientation or a child's perception of the child's gender, regardless of whether the child's name has been legally changed.