Bill Text: TX HB2055 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2055 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2055-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Jones of Dallas, Harrison, | H.B. No. 2055 | ||
González of El Paso, Cain, | |||
A. Johnson of Harris, et al. | |||
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relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.06, Penal Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 85.007(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The materials in the education programs intended for | ||
persons younger than 18 years of age must: | ||
(1) emphasize sexual abstinence before marriage and | ||
fidelity in marriage as the expected standard in terms of public | ||
health and the most effective ways to prevent HIV infection, | ||
sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancies; and | ||
(2) state that homosexual conduct is not an acceptable | ||
lifestyle [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 163.002, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 163.002. INSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS. Course materials and | ||
instruction relating to sexual education or sexually transmitted | ||
diseases should include: | ||
(1) an emphasis on sexual abstinence as the only | ||
completely reliable method of avoiding unwanted teenage pregnancy | ||
and sexually transmitted diseases; | ||
(2) an emphasis on the importance of self-control, | ||
responsibility, and ethical conduct in making decisions relating to | ||
sexual behavior; | ||
(3) statistics, based on the latest medical | ||
information, that indicate the efficacy of the various forms of | ||
contraception; | ||
(4) information concerning the laws relating to the | ||
financial responsibilities associated with pregnancy, childbirth, | ||
and child rearing; | ||
(5) information concerning the laws prohibiting | ||
sexual abuse and the legal and counseling options available to | ||
victims of sexual abuse; | ||
(6) information on how to cope with and rebuff | ||
unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances, as well as the | ||
importance of avoiding the sexual exploitation of other persons; | ||
(7) psychologically sound methods of resisting | ||
unwanted peer pressure; and | ||
(8) emphasis, provided in a factual manner and from a | ||
public health perspective, that homosexuality is not a lifestyle | ||
acceptable to the general public [ |
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SECTION 4. 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. |