Compare TX HB 120 (2025) and TX HB 171 (2025)

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TX HB 120 (2025)TX HB 171 (2025)
By: Harrison H.B. No. 120 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from offering programs or courses in LGBTQ or DEI studies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 51.988 to read as follows: Sec. 51.988. PROHIBITION ON LGBTQ or DEI STUDIES PROGRAMS AND COURSES. (a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (3) "Male" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell…By: Harrison H.B. No. 171 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from offering programs or courses in LGBTQ or DEI studies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 51.988 to read as follows: Sec. 51.988. PROHIBITION ON LGBTQ or DEI STUDIES PROGRAMS AND COURSES. (a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (3) "Male" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell…