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| 1 | 1 | By: Toth H.B. No. 980 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth | |
| 9 | 9 | certificate. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 192.002, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c-1) The form must include a space for recording the | |
| 14 | 14 | biological sex of a child as either male or female. A child born | |
| 15 | 15 | with a Y chromosome must be classified as male and a child born | |
| 16 | 16 | without a Y chromosome must be classified as female. The method of | |
| 17 | 17 | classifying a child's biological sex used under this section | |
| 18 | 18 | applies to other laws of this state with respect to the | |
| 19 | 19 | determination of a person's sex or gender. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |
| 21 | 21 | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | |
| 22 | 22 | Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the | |
| 23 | 23 | changes in law made by this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |