Bill Text: TX HB4961 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a parent's right to information concerning the gender identity of the parent's child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB4961 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4961-Introduced.html
  88R11382 TSS-D
 
  By: Patterson H.B. No. 4961
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a parent's right to information concerning the gender
  identity of the parent's child.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
  Section 26.0086 to read as follows:
         Sec. 26.0086.  RIGHT TO INFORMATION CONCERNING GENDER
  IDENTITY. (a)  A parent is entitled to information concerning the
  gender identity of the parent's child.
         (b)  Not later than 24 hours after an employee of a school
  district or open-enrollment charter school discovers information
  indicating that a student enrolled in the district or school is or
  is considering identifying, through appearance, expression, or
  behavior, as a sex other than the biological sex the student was
  assigned at birth, the district or school shall notify the
  student's parent of the information discovered.
         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, 2023.
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