| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; March 17, 2025, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | | - | April 9, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 1; April 9, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 10 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Human beings are born male or female, with such |
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| 11 | 9 | | biological identity being immutable and innate; and |
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| 12 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Even in our great state, ideologues put forth a |
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| 13 | 11 | | false narrative that denies this fundamental truth, using lawfare, |
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| 14 | 12 | | coercion, and fear to deny women the rights and protections to which |
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| 15 | 13 | | they are entitled; and |
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| 16 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Across the country, such falsehoods have allowed men |
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| 17 | 15 | | to self-identify as women and enter spaces designed for the |
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| 18 | 16 | | protection of women, such as women's shelters and women's |
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| 19 | 17 | | bathrooms; and |
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| 20 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Sex is an immutable characteristic that can be |
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| 21 | 19 | | readily identified, and attacks on the definition of sex are |
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| 22 | 20 | | baseless; now, therefore, be it |
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| 23 | 21 | | RESOLVED, By the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas, That |
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| 24 | 22 | | it is the policy of the state to recognize two sexes, male and |
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| 25 | 23 | | female; and, be it further |
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| 26 | 24 | | RESOLVED, That the State of Texas will defend women's rights |
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| 27 | 25 | | by using clear and accurate language and policies recognizing that |
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| 28 | 26 | | women are biologically female and men are biologically male. |
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