Compare TX HB 181 (2021) and TX HB 22 (2021)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- TX HB 181 (2021) · Texas · 2021 · Failed
- TX HB 22 (2021) · Texas · 2021 · Failed
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| TX HB 181 (2021) | TX HB 22 (2021) |
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| By: Toth H.B. No. 181 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition of abuse of a child. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 261.001, Family Code, as amended by H.B. No. 375 and H.B. No. 1540, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, as effective September 1, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: (1) "Abuse": (A) includes the following acts or omissions by a person: (i) [(A)] mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (ii) [(B)] causing or permitting the child to be in a situation in which the child susta… | By: Toth H.B. No. 22 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition of abuse of a child. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 261.001(1), Family Code, as amended by H.B. No. 375 and H.B. No. 1540, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, as effective September 1, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: (1) "Abuse": (A) includes the following acts or omissions by a person: (i) [(A)] mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (ii) [(B)] causing or permitting the child to be in a situation in which the child sus… |
| a) "Intersex child" means a child who is younger than 18 years of age and either: (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 child; 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 child. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section 261.001, Family Code, do not apply to a person alleged to have committed abuse with respect to a child who: (1) was born on or before… | a) "Intersex child" means a child who is younger than 18 years of age and either: (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 child; 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 child. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section 261.001, Family Code, do not apply to a person alleged to have committed abuse with respect to a child who: (1) was born on or before… |
| this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session | This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session |