Compare TX HB 38 (2021) and TX HB 436 (2023)

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TX HB 38 (2021)TX HB 436 (2023)
H.B. No. 38 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 CodeH.B. No. 436 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
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 sustains a mental or emotional injury that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (iii) [(C)] physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at variance with th…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 sustains a mental or emotional injury that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (iii) [(C)] physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at variance with th…
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 August 31, 2010; and (2) before the effective date of this Act, under the care of a licensed physician began taking puberty suppressant prescription drugs or cross-sex hormones or had any surgery or medical procedure performed for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment. SECTION 3. This Act takes effectSECTION 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 August 31, 2012; and (2) before the effective date of this Act, under the care of a licensed physician began taking puberty suppressant prescription drugs or cross-sex hormones or had any surgery or medical procedure performed for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect