{"bill":{"bill_key":"TX-HB3478-2025","title":"Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect and the temporary emergency jurisdiction of a court in this state over a child at risk of receiving certain prohibited gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments.","side":"anti","state":"TX","year":2025,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect and the temporary emergency jurisdiction of a court in this state over a child at risk of receiving certain prohibited gende…","notes":"The state can take your kid to stop you from helping them get gender affirming care. Also denying GAC to your trans kid isn't abuse","types_str":"Trans Child Abuse","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB3478/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 3478, 89th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2025), https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB3478.","short":"Tex. H.B. 3478."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"David Lowe","party":"R","state":"TX","district":"HD-091","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-26333"}],"citations":["TX:152.204","TX:161.702","TX:20A.02","TX:21.02","TX:21.11","TX:22.011","TX:22.021","TX:261.001","TX:43.01","TX:43.021","TX:43.05","TX:43.21","TX:43.25"],"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":13433}]}}