{"bill":{"bill_key":"TX-HB1608-2021","title":"Relating to the categorization, collection, and publication of certain demographic and other information pertaining to certain public benefits programs.","side":"pro","state":"TX","year":2021,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relating to the categorization, collection, and publication of certain demographic and other information pertaining to certain public benefits programs.","notes":"Data collection re: healthcare w/ a variety of gender & sexual orientation cagegories, although it has separate categories for \"female\", \"transgender female\", \"male\", and \"transgender male\"...","types_str":"LGBTQ+ Health Care","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB1608/2021","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 1608, 87th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2021), https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB1608.","short":"Tex. H.B. 1608."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Jon Rosenthal","party":"D","state":"TX","district":"HD-135","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-19959"},{"name":"Terry Meza","party":"D","state":"TX","district":"HD-105","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20240"},{"name":"Robert Guerra","party":"D","state":"TX","district":"HD-041","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-14786"},{"name":"Jessica Gonzalez","party":"D","state":"TX","district":"HD-104","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20234"}],"citations":["TX:531.0316","TX:531.03161"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":12584}]}}