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Amend SB 1385 (house committee printing) on page 5 of the bill as follows:
(1) On line 7, strike "or".
(2) On line 10, immediately after the underlined semicolon, insert the following:
or
(D) the student athlete participates in an intercollegiate athletic program that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student athlete's biological sex;
(3) Between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
(g-1) For purposes of Subsection (g)(2)(D), a statement of a student athlete's biological sex on the student athlete's official birth certificate is considered to correctly state the student athlete's biological sex as determined at birth if the statement was:
(1) entered at or near the time of the student athlete's birth, as determined by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board rule; or
(2) modified to correct a clerical error in the student athlete's biological sex.