By: Harrison H.B. No. 1029
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on funding for gender reassignment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2275 to read as follows:
Chapter 2275. Prohibition on Use of Taxpayer Resources
Sec. 2275.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Gender reassignment" means a medical
intervention, including surgery performed for the purpose of
altering a person's primary or secondary sex characteristics or
drugs or biologicals prescribed for the purpose of altering or
maintaining alteration of a person's primary or secondary sex
characteristics.
(2) "Intersex person" means an person who:
(A) has inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or
endocrine characteristics, or a combination of those
characteristics, that are not suited to the typical definition of
male or female or are atypical for the determined sex of the person;
or
(B) is considered by a medical professional to
have inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine
characteristics that are ambiguous or atypical for the determined
sex of the person.
Sec. 2275.002. PROHIBITION ON USE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES FOR
GENDER REASSIGNMENT. (a) No funds authorized or appropriated by
State law shall be expended for any gender reassignment.
(b) No funds authorized or appropriated by State law shall
be expended for health benefits that covers gender reassignment.
(c) The prohibition in subsection (a) and (b) does not apply
to gender reassignment to be performed on an intersex person.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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 immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.