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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education |
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from providing instruction regarding the use of gender pronouns. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.988 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.988. PROHIBITION ON INSTRUCTION REGARDING GENDER |
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PRONOUNS. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" |
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has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) An institution of higher education may not provide |
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instruction that promotes the use of a gender pronoun inconsistent |
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with a person's biological sex. |
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(c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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academic year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |