{"bill":{"bill_key":"TX-HB2548-2025","title":"Relating to a prohibition on public institutions of higher education requiring students to enroll in certain courses to complete a certificate or degree program, using such courses to satisfy general education requirements, funding such courses using state appropriations, or requiring related faculty practices, and to freshman student orientation at those institutions.","side":"anti","state":"TX","year":2025,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relating to a prohibition on public institutions of higher education requiring students to enroll in certain courses to complete a certificate or degree program, using such course…","notes":"Colleges, gender identity specified among many other enumerated topics","types_str":"Discrimination in Education|Don't Say Trans: Colleges|DEI Ban: Colleges|Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB2548/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 2548, 89th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2025), https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB2548.","short":"Tex. H.B. 2548."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Cody Harris","party":"R","state":"TX","district":"HD-008","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20237"}],"citations":["TX:51.311","TX:51.312","TX:51.3525","TX:61.003","TX:61.821"],"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":10429}]}}