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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms |
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consistent with biological sex. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 22.905 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.905. PROTECTION FOR USE OF TERMS CONSISTENT WITH |
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BIOLOGICAL SEX. A school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise |
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discriminate against a district or school employee who addresses a |
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student or another district or school employee in terms consistent |
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with the biological sex of the student or employee. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |