Compare TX HB 187 (2021) and TX HB 25 (2021)

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TX HB 187 (2021)TX HB 25 (2021)
D By: Swanson H.B. No. 187 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTIOND By: Swanson H.B. No. 25 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.0834 to read as follows: Sec. 33.0834. INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC COMPETITION BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SEX. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an interscholastic athletic team sponsored or authorized by a school district or open-enrollment charter school may not allow a student to compete in an interscholastic athletic competition sponsored or authorized by the district or school that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex as correctly stated on: (1) the student's official birth certificate, as described by Subsection (c); or (2) if the student's official birth certifi…SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.0834 to read as follows: Sec. 33.0834. INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC COMPETITION BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SEX. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an interscholastic athletic team sponsored or authorized by a school district or open-enrollment charter school may not allow a student to compete in an interscholastic athletic competition sponsored or authorized by the district or school that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex as correctly stated on: (1) the student's official birth certificate, as described by Subsection (c); or (2) if the student's official birth certifi…
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative sessionSECTION 5. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session