Text of TX HB 1029 (2023)

By: Harrison H.B. No. 1029 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a prohibition on funding for gender reassignment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is amended by adding Chapter 2275 to read as follows: Chapter 2275. Prohibition on Use of Taxpayer Resources Sec. 2275.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Gender reassignment" means a medical intervention, including surgery performed for the purpose of altering a person's primary or secondary sex characteristics or drugs or biologicals prescribed for the purpose of altering or maintaining alteration of a person's primary or secondary sex characteristics. (2) "Intersex person" means an person who: (A) has inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine characteristics, or a combination of those characteristics, that are not suited to the typical definition of male or female or are atypical for the determined sex of the person; or (B) is considered by a medical professional to have inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine characteristics that are ambiguous or atypical for the determined sex of the person. Sec. 2275.002. PROHIBITION ON USE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES FOR GENDER REASSIGNMENT. (a) No funds authorized or appropriated by State law shall be expended for any gender reassignment. (b) No funds authorized or appropriated by State law shall be expended for health benefits that covers gender reassignment. (c) The prohibition in subsection (a) and (b) does not apply to gender reassignment to be performed on an intersex person. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.