Text of TX HB 3186 (2025)

Relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on biological sex.

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By: Swanson H.B. No. 3186 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on biological sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 51.980, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) An intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or authorized by an out-of-state postsecondary educational institution may not compete in an intercollegiate athletic competition against an intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or authorized by an institution of higher education unless the out-of-state institution, not later than the 30th day before the date of the athletic competition, certifies to the institution of higher education that the out-of-state institution will comply with the requirements of Subsection (b) during the athletic competition. SECTION 2. Section 51.980(c-1), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with intercollegiate athletic competitions sponsored or authorized by a public institution of higher education for the 2025-2026 academic year. SECTION 3. 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, 2025.