88R1596 AJA-F
 
  By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 3918
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prohibition, prevention, and remedying of certain
  discrimination.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 100B to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 100B. LIABILITY ARISING FROM DISCRIMINATION
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 100B.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Aggrieved person" includes any person who:
                     (A)  claims to have been injured by a
  discriminatory practice; or
                     (B)  believes that the person will be injured by a
  discriminatory practice that is about to occur.
               (2)  "Discriminatory practice" means an act prohibited
  by this chapter.
               (3)  "Gender identity or expression" means having or
  being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance,
  expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity,
  appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly
  associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex.
               (4)  "Public accommodation" means a business or other
  entity that offers to the public food, shelter, recreation or
  amusement, or any other goods, service, privilege, facility, or
  accommodation.
               (5)  "Religious organization" means:
                     (A)  a religious corporation, association, or
  society; or
                     (B)  a school, institution of higher education, or
  other educational institution, not otherwise a religious
  organization, that:
                           (i)  is wholly or substantially controlled,
  managed, owned, or supported by a religious organization; or
                           (ii)  has a curriculum directed toward the
  propagation of a particular religion.
               (6)  "Sexual orientation" means the actual or perceived
  status of an individual with respect to the individual's sexuality.
         Sec. 100B.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  (a)  Except as
  provided by Subsection (b), this chapter does not apply to a
  religious organization.
         (b)  This chapter applies to activities conducted by a
  religious organization for profit to the extent that those
  activities are subject to federal taxation under Section 511(a),
  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as that section existed on September
  1, 2023.
  SUBCHAPTER B. DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS PROHIBITED
         Sec. 100B.051.  PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.  (a)  Except as
  provided by Subsection (b), a person engages in a discriminatory
  practice and violates this chapter if the person, because of the
  sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of an
  individual:
               (1)  denies that individual full and equal
  accommodation in any place of public accommodation in this state,
  subject only to the conditions established by law and applicable to
  all persons; or
               (2)  otherwise discriminates against or segregates or
  separates the individual in a place of public accommodation in this
  state based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
         (b)  A person does not engage in a discriminatory practice or
  violate this chapter under Subsection (a) if segregation or
  separation of an individual is necessary to provide a service that:
               (1)  provides acceptance, support, and understanding
  to the individual;
               (2)  assists the individual with coping with the
  individual's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression,
  maintaining social support, and exploring and identifying the
  individual's identity; or
               (3)  provides support to an individual undergoing a
  gender transition.
         (c)  The services described by Subsection (b)(2) include a
  sexual orientation-neutral intervention for preventing or
  addressing unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices if the
  intervention does not seek to change the individual's sexual
  orientation or gender identity or expression.
  SUBCHAPTER C. CAUSE OF ACTION
         Sec. 100B.101.  CIVIL ACTION.  An aggrieved person may file a
  civil action in district court not later than the second
  anniversary of the occurrence of the termination of an alleged
  discriminatory practice under this chapter to obtain appropriate
  relief with respect to the discriminatory practice.
         Sec. 100B.102.  RELIEF GRANTED.  In an action under this
  subchapter, if the court finds that a discriminatory practice has
  occurred or is about to occur, the court may award to the plaintiff:
               (1)  actual and exemplary damages;
               (2)  reasonable attorney's fees;
               (3)  court costs; and
               (4)  any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary
  restraining order, or other order, including an order enjoining the
  defendant from engaging in the practice or ordering other
  appropriate action.
         SECTION 2.  Articles 42.014(a) and (c), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In the trial of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, or
  Section 28.02, 28.03, 28.08, or 42.0601, Penal Code, the judge
  shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative
  finding in the judgment of the case if at the guilt or innocence
  phase of the trial, the judge or the jury, whichever is the trier of
  fact, determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant
  intentionally selected the person against whom the offense was
  committed, or intentionally selected the person's property that was
  damaged or affected as a result of the offense, because of the
  defendant's bias or prejudice against a group identified by race,
  color, disability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age,
  gender, [or] sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression
  [preference] or by status as a peace officer or judge.
         (c)  In this article:
               (1)  "Gender identity or expression" means having or
  being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance,
  expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity,
  appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly
  associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex.
               (2)  "Sexual orientation" means the actual or perceived
  status of an individual with respect to the individual's
  sexuality[, "sexual preference" has the following meaning only: a
  preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality].
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 11.172 to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.172.  DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND RETALIATION
  PROHIBITED. (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Gender identity or expression" means having or
  being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance,
  expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity,
  appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly
  associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex.
               (2)  "Sexual orientation" means the actual or perceived
  status of an individual with respect to the individual's sexuality.
         (b)  A school district or employee of a school district may
  not:
               (1)  discriminate against or harass a district employee
  or a student enrolled in the district on account of:
                     (A)  the actual or perceived ethnicity, color,
  gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
  disability, religion, or national origin of the employee, student,
  or student's parent; or
                     (B)  one or more persons with whom the employee,
  student, or student's parent associates; or
               (2)  retaliate against a district employee or a student
  enrolled in the district for reporting potential discrimination or
  harassment prohibited by Subdivision (1).
         (c)  This section applies to conduct that occurs:
               (1)  on school property;
               (2)  while attending a school-sponsored or
  school-related activity on or off school property; or
               (3)  in connection with transportation of students in a
  vehicle owned or operated by a school district or owned or operated
  by another entity under contract with a school district.
         (d)  A school district shall provide periodic training to
  district employees regarding prevention of discrimination and
  harassment prohibited by this section and procedures for responding
  to reported or observed incidents of prohibited discrimination or
  harassment. The training may be provided in conjunction with any
  training provided under Section 37.083.
         (e)  In accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner,
  each school district shall report biennially to the agency
  information regarding each incident of alleged discrimination or
  harassment that occurred at each campus in the district during the
  preceding two school years. The agency shall include the
  information, disaggregated by campus, in the comprehensive
  biennial report required by Section 39.332.
         SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 1, Family Code, is amended
  by adding Section 1.0015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.0015.  CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY.
  When necessary to implement the rights and duties of spouses or
  parents in a marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws
  of this state, gender-specific terminology must be construed in a
  neutral manner to refer to a person of either gender.
         SECTION 5.  Section 2.001(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Two individuals [A man and a woman] desiring to enter
  into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the
  county clerk of any county of this state.
         SECTION 6.  Section 2.004(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The application form must contain:
               (1)  a heading entitled "Application for Marriage
  License, ____________ County, Texas";
               (2)  spaces for each applicant's full name, including
  the [woman's maiden] surname of an applicant intending to change
  the applicant's surname as a result of the marriage, address,
  social security number, if any, date of birth, and place of birth,
  including city, county, and state;
               (3)  a space for indicating the document tendered by
  each applicant as proof of identity and age;
               (4)  spaces for indicating whether each applicant has
  been divorced within the last 30 days;
               (5)  printed boxes for each applicant to check "true"
  or "false" in response to the following statement:  "I am not
  presently married and the other applicant is not presently
  married.";
               (6)  printed boxes for each applicant to check "true"
  or "false" in response to the following statement:  "The other
  applicant is not related to me as:
                     (A)  an ancestor or descendant, by blood or
  adoption;
                     (B)  a brother or sister, of the whole or half
  blood or by adoption;
                     (C)  a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or
  half blood or by adoption;
                     (D)  a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of
  the whole or half blood or by adoption;
                     (E)  a current or former stepchild or stepparent;
  or
                     (F)  a son or daughter of a parent's brother or
  sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.";
               (7)  printed boxes for each applicant to check "true"
  or "false" in response to the following statement:  "I am not
  presently delinquent in the payment of court-ordered child
  support.";
               (8)  a printed oath reading:  "I SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR
  AFFIRM) THAT THE INFORMATION I HAVE GIVEN IN THIS APPLICATION IS
  CORRECT.";
               (9)  spaces immediately below the printed oath for the
  applicants' signatures;
               (10)  a certificate of the county clerk that:
                     (A)  each applicant made the oath and the date and
  place that it was made; or
                     (B)  an applicant did not appear personally but
  the prerequisites for the license have been fulfilled as provided
  by this chapter;
               (11)  spaces for indicating the date of the marriage
  and the county in which the marriage is performed;
               (12)  a space for the address to which the applicants
  desire the completed license to be mailed; and
               (13)  a printed box for each applicant to check
  indicating that the applicant wishes to make a voluntary
  contribution of $5 to promote healthy early childhood by supporting
  the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the Department of
  Family and Protective Services [Office of Early Childhood
  Coordination of the Health and Human Services Commission].
         SECTION 7.  Section 2.401(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  In a judicial, administrative, or other proceeding, the
  marriage of two individuals [a man and woman] may be proved by
  evidence that:
               (1)  a declaration of their marriage has been signed as
  provided by this subchapter; or
               (2)  the individuals [man and woman] agreed to be
  married and after the agreement they lived together in this state as
  spouses [husband and wife] and there represented to others that
  they were married.
         SECTION 8.  Section 2.402(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The declaration form must contain:
               (1)  a heading entitled "Declaration and Registration
  of Informal Marriage, ___________ County, Texas";
               (2)  spaces for each party's full name, including the
  [woman's maiden] surname of a party intending to change the party's
  surname as a result of the marriage, address, date of birth, place
  of birth, including city, county, and state, and social security
  number, if any;
               (3)  a space for indicating the type of document
  tendered by each party as proof of age and identity;
               (4)  printed boxes for each party to check "true" or
  "false" in response to the following statement:  "The other party
  is not related to me as:
                     (A)  an ancestor or descendant, by blood or
  adoption;
                     (B)  a brother or sister, of the whole or half
  blood or by adoption;
                     (C)  a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or
  half blood or by adoption;
                     (D)  a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of
  the whole or half blood or by adoption;
                     (E)  a current or former stepchild or stepparent;
  or
                     (F)  a son or daughter of a parent's brother or
  sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.";
               (5)  a printed declaration and oath reading:  "I
  SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, ARE MARRIED TO
  EACH OTHER BY VIRTUE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS:  ON OR ABOUT (DATE) WE
  AGREED TO BE MARRIED, AND AFTER THAT DATE WE LIVED TOGETHER AS
  SPOUSES [HUSBAND AND WIFE] AND IN THIS STATE WE REPRESENTED TO
  OTHERS THAT WE WERE MARRIED.  SINCE THE DATE OF MARRIAGE TO THE
  OTHER PARTY I HAVE NOT BEEN MARRIED TO ANY OTHER PERSON.  THIS
  DECLARATION IS TRUE AND THE INFORMATION IN IT WHICH I HAVE GIVEN IS
  CORRECT.";
               (6)  spaces immediately below the printed declaration
  and oath for the parties' signatures; and
               (7)  a certificate of the county clerk that the parties
  made the declaration and oath and the place and date it was made.
         SECTION 9.  Section 3.401, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Subdivision (1) and amending Subdivisions (4) and (5) to read as
  follows:
               (1)  "Civil union" means any relationship status other
  than marriage that:
                     (A)  is intended as an alternative to marriage or
  applies primarily to cohabitating persons; and
                     (B)  grants to the parties of the relationship
  legal protections, benefits, or responsibilities granted to the
  spouses of a marriage.
               (4)  "Marital estate" means one of three estates:
                     (A)  the community property owned by the spouses
  together and referred to as the community marital estate; or
                     (B)  the separate property owned individually by
  each spouse [the husband] and referred to as a separate marital
  estate[; or
                     [(C)  the separate property owned individually by
  the wife, also referred to as a separate marital estate].
               (5)  "Spouse" means one of the two individuals who are
  the parties to:
                     (A)  a marriage; or
                     (B)  [a husband, who is a man, or a wife, who is a
  woman. A member of] a civil union [or similar relationship] entered
  into in another state [between persons of the same sex is not a
  spouse].
         SECTION 10.  Section 6.104(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  In exercising its discretion, the court shall consider
  the pertinent facts concerning the welfare of the parties to the
  marriage, including whether a spouse [the female] is pregnant.
         SECTION 11. Section 6.202(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The later marriage that is void under this section
  becomes valid when the prior marriage is dissolved if, after the
  date of the dissolution, the parties have lived together as spouses
  [husband and wife] and represented themselves to others as being
  married.
         SECTION 12.  Section 6.203, Family Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 6.203.  CERTAIN VOID MARRIAGES VALIDATED. Except for a
  marriage that would have been void under Section 6.201, a marriage
  that was entered into before January 1, 1970, in violation of the
  prohibitions of Article 496, Penal Code of Texas, 1925, is
  validated from the date the marriage commenced if the parties
  continued until January 1, 1970, to live together as spouses
  [husband and wife] and to represent themselves to others as being
  married.
         SECTION 13.  Section 6.704, Family Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 6.704.  TESTIMONY OF SPOUSE [HUSBAND OR WIFE]. (a) In
  a suit for dissolution of a marriage, each spouse is a [the husband
  and wife are] competent witness [witnesses] for and against the
  [each] other spouse. A spouse may not be compelled to testify as to
  a matter that will incriminate the spouse.
         (b)  If a spouse [the husband or wife] testifies, the court
  or jury trying the case shall determine the credibility of the
  witness and the weight to be given the witness's testimony.
         SECTION 14.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is
  amended by adding Section 45.108 to read as follows:
         Sec. 45.108.  CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS
  INFORMATION.  (a)  Subject to the eligibility requirements for a
  name change under Section 45.103, a court shall order a change of
  name under this subchapter for a petitioner whose petition is
  accompanied by a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician stating
  the petitioner identifies as a gender other than the gender
  indicated on the petitioner's driver's license, birth certificate,
  or other official document.
         (b)  A court that orders a change of name for a petitioner
  under this section shall simultaneously order:
               (1)  the Department of Public Safety, as soon as
  practicable, to change the petitioner's name and gender on the
  petitioner's driver's license and other identification documents
  under the department's control; and
               (2)  the vital statistics unit of the Department of
  State Health Services, on receipt of a licensed physician's sworn
  affidavit that the petitioner identifies as a gender other than the
  gender indicated on the petitioner's birth certificate, to amend
  the petitioner's birth certificate in the manner provided by
  Section 192.011, Health and Safety Code, to reflect the
  petitioner's true gender.
         (c)  This section may not be construed to require a surgical
  procedure as a prerequisite for a court order under Subsection (a)
  or (b).
         SECTION 15.  Chapter 51, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 51.015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.015.  CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY.
  When necessary to implement the rights and duties of spouses or
  parents in a marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws
  of this state, gender-specific terminology must be construed in a
  neutral manner to refer to a person of either gender.
         SECTION 16.  Chapter 101, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 101.0012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.0012.  CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC
  TERMINOLOGY. When necessary to implement the rights and duties of
  spouses or parents in a marriage between persons of the same sex
  under the laws of this state, gender-specific terminology must be
  construed in a neutral manner to refer to a person of either gender.
         SECTION 17.  Section 101.024(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  "Parent" means the mother, a man presumed to be the
  father, an individual [a man] legally determined to be a parent [the
  father], an individual [a man] who has been adjudicated to be a
  parent [the father] by a court of competent jurisdiction, a man who
  has acknowledged his parentage [paternity] under applicable law, or
  an adoptive mother or father.  Except as provided by Subsection (b),
  the term does not include a parent as to whom the parent-child
  relationship has been terminated.
         SECTION 18.  Section 108.009(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The new certificate may not show that a parent-child
  [the father and child] relationship was established after the
  child's birth but may show the child's actual place and date of
  birth.
         SECTION 19.  Section 152.310(d), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  A privilege against disclosure of communications
  between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship
  of spouses [husband and wife] or parent and child may not be invoked
  in a proceeding under this subchapter.
         SECTION 20.  Section 153.312(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The following provisions govern possession of the child
  for vacations and certain specific holidays and supersede
  conflicting weekend or Thursday periods of possession.  The
  possessory conservator and the managing conservator shall have
  rights of possession of the child as follows:
               (1)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
  in even-numbered years, beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child is
  dismissed from school for the school's spring vacation and ending
  at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that vacation, and
  the managing conservator shall have possession for the same period
  in odd-numbered years;
               (2)  if a possessory conservator:
                     (A)  gives the managing conservator written
  notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period or
  periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall have
  possession of the child for 30 days beginning not earlier than the
  day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation
  and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the
  end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two
  separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each
  period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each
  applicable day; or
                     (B)  does not give the managing conservator
  written notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period
  or periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall
  have possession of the child for 30 consecutive days beginning at 6
  p.m. on July 1 and ending at 6 p.m. on July 31;
               (3)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
  conservator written notice by April 15 of each year, the managing
  conservator shall have possession of the child on any one weekend
  beginning Friday at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. on the following
  Sunday during one period of possession by the possessory
  conservator under Subdivision (2), provided that the managing
  conservator picks up the child from the possessory conservator and
  returns the child to that same place; and
               (4)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
  conservator written notice by April 15 of each year or gives the
  possessory conservator 14 days' written notice on or after April 16
  of each year, the managing conservator may designate one weekend
  beginning not earlier than the day after the child's school is
  dismissed for the summer vacation and ending not later than seven
  days before school resumes at the end of the summer vacation, during
  which an otherwise scheduled weekend period of possession by the
  possessory conservator will not take place, provided that the
  weekend designated does not interfere with the possessory
  conservator's period or periods of extended summer possession or
  with Father's Day if the possessory conservator is a [the] father of
  the child who is entitled to possession of the child for Father's
  Day weekend that year.
         SECTION 21.  Sections 153.313 and 153.314, Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 153.313.  PARENTS WHO RESIDE OVER 100 MILES APART. If
  the possessory conservator resides more than 100 miles from the
  residence of the child, the possessory conservator shall have the
  right to possession of the child as follows:
               (1)  either regular weekend possession beginning on the
  first, third, and fifth Friday as provided under the terms
  applicable to parents who reside 100 miles or less apart or not more
  than one weekend per month of the possessory conservator's choice
  beginning at 6 p.m. on the day school recesses for the weekend and
  ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after the weekend,
  provided that the possessory conservator gives the managing
  conservator 14 days' written or telephonic notice preceding a
  designated weekend, and provided that the possessory conservator
  elects an option for this alternative period of possession by
  written notice given to the managing conservator within 90 days
  after the parties begin to reside more than 100 miles apart, as
  applicable;
               (2)  each year beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child
  is dismissed from school for the school's spring vacation and
  ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that
  vacation;
               (3)  if the possessory conservator:
                     (A)  gives the managing conservator written
  notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period or
  periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall have
  possession of the child for 42 days beginning not earlier than the
  day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation
  and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the
  end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two
  separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each
  period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each
  applicable day; or
                     (B)  does not give the managing conservator
  written notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period
  or periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall
  have possession of the child for 42 consecutive days beginning at 6
  p.m. on June 15 and ending at 6 p.m. on July 27;
               (4)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
  conservator written notice by April 15 of each year the managing
  conservator shall have possession of the child on one weekend
  beginning Friday at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. on the following
  Sunday during one period of possession by the possessory
  conservator under Subdivision (3), provided that if a period of
  possession by the possessory conservator exceeds 30 days, the
  managing conservator may have possession of the child under the
  terms of this subdivision on two nonconsecutive weekends during
  that time period, and further provided that the managing
  conservator picks up the child from the possessory conservator and
  returns the child to that same place; and
               (5)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
  conservator written notice by April 15 of each year, the managing
  conservator may designate 21 days beginning not earlier than the
  day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation
  and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the
  end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two
  separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each
  period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each
  applicable day, during which the possessory conservator may not
  have possession of the child, provided that the period or periods so
  designated do not interfere with the possessory conservator's
  period or periods of extended summer possession or with Father's
  Day if the possessory conservator is a [the] father of the child who
  is entitled to possession of the child for Father's Day weekend that
  year.
         Sec. 153.314.  HOLIDAY POSSESSION UNAFFECTED BY DISTANCE
  PARENTS RESIDE APART. The following provisions govern possession
  of the child for certain specific holidays and supersede
  conflicting weekend or Thursday periods of possession without
  regard to the distance the parents reside apart.  The possessory
  conservator and the managing conservator shall have rights of
  possession of the child as follows:
               (1)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
  of the child in even-numbered years beginning at 6 p.m. on the day
  the child is dismissed from school for the Christmas school
  vacation and ending at noon on December 28, and the managing
  conservator shall have possession for the same period in
  odd-numbered years;
               (2)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
  of the child in odd-numbered years beginning at noon on December 28
  and ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that
  vacation, and the managing conservator shall have possession for
  the same period in even-numbered years;
               (3)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
  of the child in odd-numbered years, beginning at 6 p.m. on the day
  the child is dismissed from school before Thanksgiving and ending
  at 6 p.m. on the following Sunday, and the managing conservator
  shall have possession for the same period in even-numbered years;
               (4)  the parent not otherwise entitled under this
  standard possession order to present possession of a child on the
  child's birthday shall have possession of the child beginning at 6
  p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. on that day, provided that the parent
  picks up the child from the residence of the conservator entitled to
  possession and returns the child to that same place;
               (5)  if a conservator, the father shall have possession
  of the child beginning at 6 p.m. on the Friday preceding Father's
  Day and ending on Father's Day at 6 p.m., provided that, if he is not
  otherwise entitled under this standard possession order to present
  possession of the child, he picks up the child from the residence of
  the conservator entitled to possession and returns the child to
  that same place, except that if the child has two fathers appointed
  as conservators, the managing conservator shall have possession of
  the child for the period described by this subdivision in
  even-numbered years and the possessory conservator shall have
  possession of the child for that period in odd-numbered years; and
               (6)  if a conservator, the mother shall have possession
  of the child beginning at 6 p.m. on the Friday preceding Mother's
  Day and ending on Mother's Day at 6 p.m., provided that, if she is
  not otherwise entitled under this  standard possession order to
  present possession of the child, she picks up the child from the
  residence of the conservator entitled to possession and returns the
  child to that same place, except that if the child has two mothers
  appointed as conservators, the managing conservator shall have
  possession of the child for the period described by this
  subdivision in even-numbered years and the possessory conservator
  shall have possession of the child for that period in odd-numbered
  years.
         SECTION 22.  Section 85.007(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The materials in the education programs intended for
  persons younger than 18 years of age must[:
               [(1)]  emphasize sexual abstinence before marriage and
  fidelity in marriage as the expected standard in terms of public
  health and the most effective ways to prevent HIV infection,
  sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancies[; and
               [(2)  state that homosexual conduct is not an
  acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense under Section 21.06,
  Penal Code].
         SECTION 23.  Section 163.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 163.002.  INSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS. Course materials and
  instruction relating to sexual education or sexually transmitted
  diseases should include:
               (1)  an emphasis on sexual abstinence as the only
  completely reliable method of avoiding unwanted teenage pregnancy
  and sexually transmitted diseases;
               (2)  an emphasis on the importance of self-control,
  responsibility, and ethical conduct in making decisions relating to
  sexual behavior;
               (3)  statistics, based on the latest medical
  information, that indicate the efficacy of the various forms of
  contraception;
               (4)  information concerning the laws relating to the
  financial responsibilities associated with pregnancy, childbirth,
  and child rearing;
               (5)  information concerning the laws prohibiting
  sexual abuse and the legal and counseling options available to
  victims of sexual abuse;
               (6)  information on how to cope with and rebuff
  unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances, as well as the
  importance of avoiding the sexual exploitation of other persons;
               (7)  psychologically sound methods of resisting
  unwanted peer pressure; and
               (8)  emphasis, provided in a factual manner and from a
  public health perspective, that homosexuality is not a lifestyle
  acceptable to the general public [and that homosexual conduct is a
  criminal offense under Section 21.06, Penal Code].
         SECTION 24.  Section 21.11(b), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
  section that the actor:
               (1)  was not more than three years older than the victim
  [and of the opposite sex];
               (2)  did not use duress, force, or a threat against the
  victim at the time of the offense; and
               (3)  at the time of the offense:
                     (A)  was not required under Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, to register for life as a sex offender; or
                     (B)  was not a person who under Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, had a reportable conviction or adjudication for
  an offense under this section.
         SECTION 25.  Section 301.003, Property Code, is amended by
  amending Subdivision (6) and adding Subdivisions (9-a) and (10-a)
  to read as follows:
               (6)  "Disability" means a mental or physical impairment
  that substantially limits at least one major life activity, a
  record of the impairment, or being regarded as having the
  impairment. The term does not include current illegal use or
  addiction to any drug or illegal or federally controlled substance
  [and does not apply to an individual because of an individual's
  sexual orientation or because that individual is a transvestite].
               (9-a)  "Gender identity or expression" means having or
  being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance,
  expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity,
  appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly
  associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex.
               (10-a)  "Sexual orientation" means the actual or
  perceived status of an individual with respect to the individual's
  sexuality.
         SECTION 26.  Sections 301.021(a) and (b), Property Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person may not refuse to sell or rent, after the making
  of a bona fide offer, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of,
  or in any other manner make unavailable or deny a dwelling to
  another because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status,
  [or] national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity or
  expression.
         (b)  A person may not discriminate against another in the
  terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling or
  in providing services or facilities in connection with a sale or
  rental of a dwelling because of race, color, religion, sex,
  familial status, [or] national origin, sexual orientation, or
  gender identity or expression.
         SECTION 27.  Section 301.022, Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 301.022.  PUBLICATION. A person may not make, print, or
  publish or effect the making, printing, or publishing of a notice,
  statement, or advertisement that is about the sale or rental of a
  dwelling and that indicates any preference, limitation, or
  discrimination or the intention to make a preference, limitation,
  or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex,
  disability, familial status, [or] national origin, sexual
  orientation, or gender identity or expression.
         SECTION 28.  Section 301.023, Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 301.023.  INSPECTION. A person may not represent to
  another because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial
  status, [or] national origin, sexual orientation, or gender
  identity or expression that a dwelling is not available for
  inspection for sale or rental when the dwelling is available for
  inspection.
         SECTION 29.  Section 301.024, Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 301.024.  ENTRY INTO NEIGHBORHOOD. A person may not,
  for profit, induce or attempt to induce another to sell or rent a
  dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective
  entry into a neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color,
  religion, sex, disability, familial status, [or] national origin,
  sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
         SECTION 30.  Section 301.026(a), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person whose business includes engaging in
  residential real estate related transactions may not discriminate
  against another in making a real estate related transaction
  available or in the terms or conditions of a real estate related
  transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, disability,
  familial status, [or] national origin, sexual orientation, or
  gender identity or expression.
         SECTION 31.  Section 301.027, Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 301.027.  BROKERAGE SERVICES. A person may not deny
  another access to, or membership or participation in, a
  multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or
  other service, organization, or facility relating to the business
  of selling or renting dwellings, or discriminate against a person
  in the terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation
  in such an organization, service, or facility because of race,
  color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, [or] national
  origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
         SECTION 32.  Sections 301.042(a) and (c), Property Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter does not prohibit a religious
  organization, association, or society or a nonprofit institution or
  organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in
  conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society
  from:
               (1)  limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of
  dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial
  purpose to persons of the same religion; or
               (2)  giving preference to persons of the same religion,
  unless membership in the religion is restricted because of race,
  color, sex, disability, familial status, [or] national origin,
  sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
         (c)  This chapter does not prohibit a person engaged in the
  business of furnishing appraisals of real property from considering
  in those appraisals factors other than race, color, religion, sex,
  disability, familial status, [or] national origin, sexual
  orientation, or gender identity or expression.
         SECTION 33.  Section 301.068, Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 301.068.  REFERRAL TO MUNICIPALITY. (a) Subject to
  Subsection (b), the [The] commission may defer proceedings under
  this chapter and refer a complaint to a municipality that has been
  certified by the federal Department of Housing and Urban
  Development as a substantially equivalent fair housing agency.
         (b)  The commission may not defer proceedings and refer a
  complaint under Subsection (a) to a municipality in which the
  alleged discrimination occurred if:
               (1)  the complaint alleges discrimination based on
  sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; and
               (2)  the municipality does not have laws prohibiting
  the alleged discrimination.
         SECTION 34.  Section 301.171(a), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, without
  regard to whether the person is acting under color of law, by force
  or threat of force intentionally intimidates or interferes with a
  person:
               (1)  because of the person's race, color, religion,
  sex, disability, familial status, [or] national origin, sexual
  orientation, or gender identity or expression and because the
  person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing,
  occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase,
  rental, financing, or occupation of any dwelling or applying for or
  participating in a service, organization, or facility relating to
  the business of selling or renting dwellings; or
               (2)  because the person is or has been or to intimidate
  the person from:
                     (A)  participating, without discrimination
  because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status,
  [or] national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity or
  expression, in an activity, service, organization, or facility
  described by Subdivision (1); [or]
                     (B)  affording another person opportunity or
  protection to so participate; or
                     (C)  lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons
  to participate, without discrimination because of race, color,
  religion, sex, disability, familial status, [or] national origin,
  sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, in an
  activity, service, organization, or facility described by
  Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 35.  The following laws are repealed:
               (1)  Section 2.001(b), Family Code;
               (2)  Section 6.204, Family Code;
               (3)  Sections 810.001(g), (h), and (i), Government
  Code; and
               (4)  Section 21.06, Penal Code.
         SECTION 36.  Article 42.014, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or
  after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued
  in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense
  was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
  of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 37.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11.172(e),
  Education Code, as added by this Act, each school district shall
  submit to the Texas Education Agency information described by that
  subsection for the 2023-2024 school year not later than October 1,
  2024, and the Texas Education Agency shall include the submitted
  information in the comprehensive biennial report required by
  Section 39.332, Education Code, to be submitted by the agency not
  later than December 1, 2024. As authorized by Section 11.172(e),
  Education Code, as added by this Act, the commissioner of education
  in a timely manner shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the
  deadlines specified by this subsection.
         (b)  Beginning with the comprehensive biennial report
  required by Section 39.332, Education Code, to be submitted not
  later than December 1, 2026, the Texas Education Agency shall
  include information submitted by school districts in accordance
  with Section 11.172(e), Education Code, as added by this Act, for
  the preceding two school years.
         (c)  Section 11.172, Education Code, as added by this Act,
  applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
         SECTION 38.  Section 108.009(b), Family Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to a new birth certificate for a child born
  on or after the effective date of this Act. A new birth certificate
  for a child born before that date is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the child was born, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 39.  Sections 153.312(b), 153.313, and 153.314,
  Family Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a court order
  providing for possession of or access to a child rendered on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A court order rendered before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the order was rendered, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 40.  Section 21.11(b), Penal Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies to an offense committed on or after the effective
  date of this Act and to any criminal action pending on the effective
  date of this Act for an offense committed before that effective
  date. A final conviction for an offense under Section 21.11, Penal
  Code, that exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected by
  this Act.
         SECTION 41.  Sections 301.003, 301.021, 301.022, 301.023,
  301.024, 301.026, 301.027, 301.042, 301.068, and 301.171, Property
  Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a complaint filed with
  the Texas Workforce Commission civil rights division on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A complaint filed before that date
  is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 42.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection
  (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         (b)  Section 11.172, Education Code, as added by this Act,
  takes effect immediately if this Act receives a vote of two-thirds
  of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,
  Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the
  vote necessary for Section 11.172, Education Code, as added by this
  Act, to have immediate effect, that section takes effect September
  1, 2023.