THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX SB162 (2023)
Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain minors.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 88th Legislature Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed one chamber Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Read first time
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Birth Certificate or Identification Change BanEnd Legal Recognition
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Nov 14, 2022)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (Mar 22, 2023)(opens another site)
- Engrossed text (Mar 29, 2023)(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Received by the Secretary of the Senate | |
| Senate | Filed | |
| Senate | Read first time | |
| Senate | Referred to State Affairs | |
| Senate | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Testimony taken in committee | |
| Senate | Left pending in committee | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Vote taken in committee | |
| Senate | Reported favorably w/o amendments | |
| Senate | Committee report printed and distributed | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Placed on intent calendar | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 3rd time | |
| Senate | Passed | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Reported engrossed | |
| House | Received from the Senate | |
| House | Read first time | |
| House | Referred to Public Health |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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. Used here in modified form.