Bill Text: TX HB3411 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting a public school teacher from supporting a student's gender transition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-26 - Filed [HB3411 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB3411-Introduced.html
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| By: Schatzline | H.B. No. 3411 | |
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| relating to prohibiting a public school teacher from supporting a | ||
| student's gender transition. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.0045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.0045. PROHIBITION ON SUPPORT FOR GENDER | ||
| TRANSITIONING. (a) A teacher employed by a school district may | ||
| not: | ||
| (1) promote or encourage a student's use of gender | ||
| pronouns other than the pronouns for the student's gender; | ||
| (2) support a student in dressing, or encourage a | ||
| student to dress, as the opposite sex; | ||
| (3) encourage a student to change, or facilitate a | ||
| student in changing, the student's name; | ||
| (4) promote to, discuss with, or educate a student | ||
| regarding transgender lifestyles; | ||
| (5) provide a student with information, resources, or | ||
| connections to a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer | ||
| organization; | ||
| (6) discuss with a student transgender treatments, | ||
| therapy, or gender transition-related topics; or | ||
| (7) introduce to or discuss with a student the idea of | ||
| gender fluidity or the existence of more than two genders. | ||
| (b) A school district may terminate the employment of a | ||
| teacher who violates Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) A violation of Subsection (a) is grounds for suspension | ||
| or revocation of a certification under Subchapter B, Chapter 21. | ||
| (d) A parent of a student aggrieved by a teacher's violation | ||
| of Subsection (a) may bring a cause of action against the teacher. | ||
| If the parent prevails in a cause of action brought under this | ||
| subsection, the court may award the parent compensatory or punitive | ||
| damages. The teacher's immunity from liability under Section | ||
| 22.0511 is waived for purposes of this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | ||
| school 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. | ||
