By: Middleton S.B. No. 1068
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on
biological sex.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.980, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) An intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or
authorized by an out-of-state postsecondary educational
institution may not compete in an intercollegiate athletic
competition against an intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or
authorized by an institution of higher education unless the
out-of-state institution, not later than the 30th day before the
date of the athletic competition, certifies to the institution of
higher education that the out-of-state institution will comply with
the requirements of Subsection (b) during the athletic competition.
SECTION 2. Section 51.980(c-1), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with intercollegiate athletic
competitions sponsored or authorized by a public institution of
higher education for the 2025-2026 academic year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.