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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting certain conduct by physicians and health |
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care providers involving gender transitioning and gender |
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reassignment procedures and treatments for children; creating a |
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criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 161.702, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by Chapter 335 (S.B. 14), Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.702. PROHIBITED PROVISION OR FACILITATION OF |
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GENDER TRANSITIONING OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES AND |
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TREATMENTS TO CERTAIN CHILDREN. For the purpose of transitioning a |
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child's biological sex as determined by the sex organs, |
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chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the |
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child's perception of the child's sex if that perception is |
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inconsistent with the child's biological sex, a physician or health |
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care provider may not knowingly: |
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(1) perform a surgery that sterilizes the child, |
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including: |
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(A) castration; |
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(B) vasectomy; |
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(C) hysterectomy; |
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(D) oophorectomy; |
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(E) metoidioplasty; |
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(F) orchiectomy; |
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(G) penectomy; |
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(H) phalloplasty; and |
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(I) vaginoplasty; |
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(2) perform a mastectomy; |
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(3) provide, prescribe, administer, or dispense any of |
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the following prescription drugs that induce transient or permanent |
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infertility: |
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(A) puberty suppression or blocking prescription |
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drugs to stop or delay normal puberty; |
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(B) supraphysiologic doses of testosterone to |
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females; or |
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(C) supraphysiologic doses of estrogen to males; |
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[or] |
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(4) remove any otherwise healthy or non-diseased body |
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part or tissue; or |
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(5) refer a child to a health care practitioner who is |
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licensed or otherwise authorized to provide health care in another |
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state, to facilitate the child's ability to receive in the other |
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state a procedure or treatment that would otherwise be prohibited |
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by this section if the procedure or treatment occurred in this |
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state. |
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SECTION 2. 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 who is a |
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physician or health care provider commits an offense if the person |
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knowingly violates Section 161.702. |
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(b) It is an exception to the application of this section |
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that the actor engaged in conduct authorized under Section 161.703. |
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(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third |
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degree. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |