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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to traveling with a child to facilitate the provision of |
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certain gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or |
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treatments to that child; creating a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter X, Chapter 161, Health and Safety |
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Code, as added by Chapter 335 (S.B. 14), Acts of the 88th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended by adding Section |
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161.707 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.707. CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an |
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offense if the person travels from this state to a location outside |
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this state with a child who is a resident of this state to |
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facilitate the child's ability to receive a procedure or treatment |
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that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 161.702 if the |
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procedure or treatment occurred in this state. |
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(b) It is an exception to the application of this section |
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that the conduct occurred solely to enable the child to receive a |
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procedure or treatment that is authorized under Section 161.703. |
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(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the first |
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degree. |
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SECTION 2. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act to Subchapter X, |
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Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, be harmonized with another Act |
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of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to |
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nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |