Compare TX HB 2342 (2025) and TX SB 1999 (2025)

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TX HB 2342 (2025)TX SB 1999 (2025)
B. No. 2342 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to protection forB. No. 1999 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to protection for
use of terms consistent with biological sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 22.905 to read as follows: Sec. 22.905. PROTECTION FOR USE OF TERMS CONSISTENT WITH BIOLOGICAL SEX. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not terminate, discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a district or school employeeuse of terms consistent with biological sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 22.905 to read as follows: Sec. 22.905. PROTECTION FOR USE OF TERMS CONSISTENT WITH BIOLOGICAL SEX. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a district or school employee
district or school employee in terms consistent with the biological sex of the student or employee. SECTIONdistrict or school employee in terms consistent with the biological sex of the student or employee. SECTION
SECTION 2. 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 SeptemberSECTION 4. 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