Compare TX HB 187 (2021) and TX SB 40 (2021)

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B. No. 187 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to requiring public schoolB. No. 40 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 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 competestudents to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 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
student to compete in an interscholastic athletic competitionstudent to compete in an interscholastic athletic competition
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 certificate described by Subdivision (1) is unobtainable, another government recordin an interscholastic athletic competition sponsored or authorized by the institution 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 (d); or (2) if the student's official birth certificate described by Subdivision (1) is unobtainable, another government record
may allow a female student to compete in an interscholastic athletic competition that is designated for male students if a corresponding interscholastic athletic competition designated for female students is not offered or available. (c) For purposes of this section, a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex only if the statement was: (1) entered at or near the time of the student's birth; or (2) modified to correct a clerical error in the student's biological sexmay allow a female student to compete in an interscholastic athletic competition that is designated for male students if a corresponding interscholastic athletic competition designated for female students is not offered or available. (d) For purposes of this section, a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex only if the statement was: (1) entered at or near the time of the student's birth; or (2) modified to correct a clerical error in the student's biological sex
This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school yearthis Act, applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school 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 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