THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX HB229 (2025)
Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 89th Legislature Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Signed by the Governor
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
End Legal RecognitionGender Marker Change Ban
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Nov 12, 2024)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (May 6, 2025)(opens another site)
- Engrossed text (May 12, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (May 23, 2025)(opens another site)
- Enrolled text (May 28, 2025)(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed | |
| House | Read first time | |
| House | Referred to State Affairs | |
| House | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| House | Considered in public hearing | |
| House | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee | |
| House | Left pending in committee | |
| House | Considered in public hearing | |
| House | Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) | |
| House | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | |
| House | Committee report distributed | |
| House | Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| House | Considered in Calendars | |
| House | Placed on General State Calendar | |
| House | Read 2nd time | |
| House | Amendment fails of adoption 1-J. González | |
| House | Record vote RV#2123 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment tabled 2-V. Jones | |
| House | Record vote RV#2124 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn Rule 4, Section 32(c)(1) | |
| House | Amended 3-M. González | |
| House | Passed to engrossment as amended | |
| House | Record vote RV#2125 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Read 3rd time | |
| House | Postponed 5/12/25 11:30 AM | |
| House | Laid out as postponed business | |
| House | Amendment(s) offered 1-Zwiener | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 2 | |
| House | Amendment withdrawn 1-Zwiener | |
| House | Amendment tabled 2-Zwiener | |
| House | Record vote RV#2171 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment tabled 3-Reynolds | |
| House | Record vote RV#2172 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 4-J. González | |
| House | Record vote RV#2173 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 5-V. Jones | |
| House | Record vote RV#2174 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 6-Wu | |
| House | Record vote RV#2175 | |
| House | Amendment tabled 7-Gervin-Hawkins | |
| House | Record vote RV#2176 | |
| House | Passed | |
| House | Record vote RV#2177 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Reported engrossed | |
| Senate | Received from the House | |
| 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-sponsor authorized | |
| Senate | Placed on intent calendar | |
| Senate | Co-sponsor authorized | |
| Senate | Co-sponsor authorized | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 3rd time | |
| Senate | Passed | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Remarks ordered printed | |
| House | Senate passage reported | |
| House | Reported enrolled | |
| House | Signed in the House | |
| Senate | Signed in the Senate | |
| Sent to the Governor | ||
| Signed by the Governor | ||
| Effective on 9/1/25 |
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