{"bill":{"bill_key":"TX-HB4318-2025","title":"Relating to protecting parents and other individuals from criminal investigations or prosecution for refusing to affirm a child's homosexual or transgender inclinations or efforts to obtain an abortion.","side":"anti","state":"TX","year":2025,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relating to protecting parents and other individuals from criminal investigations or prosecution for refusing to affirm a child's homosexual or transgender inclinations or efforts…","notes":"TX queerphobic parent: \"I just want to crush the identity of my LGBTQ child - is that a crime?\" TX GOP: \"No.\"","types_str":"Child Custody Bill: DACPA","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB4318/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 4318, 89th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2025), https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB4318.","short":"Tex. H.B. 4318."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Steve Toth","party":"R","state":"TX","district":"HD-015","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-15409"}],"citations":["TX:22.04"],"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":2246}]}}