89R16143 RDR-D
By: Campbell, Creighton S.B. No. 2920
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of steroid use by students participating
in athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University
Interscholastic League.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.091(h), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(h) Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to the use by a student
of a steroid that is dispensed, prescribed, delivered, and
administered by a medical practitioner for a valid medical purpose
and in the course of professional practice, and a student is not
subject to a period of ineligibility under Subsection (d)(6) on the
basis of that steroid use. A valid medical purpose does not include
the provision of steroids to a minor student to transition the
student's biological sex.
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, 2025.