Compare TX SB 162 (2023) and TX SB 406 (2025)

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S.B. No. 162 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain minors. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 192.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) The form must include a space for recording the biological sex of a child as either male or female. SECTION 2. Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: (f) Subject to Subsection (g), a person required to file a birth certificate under this section shall ensure the biolog…S.B. No. 406 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain persons. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 192.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) The form must include a space for recording the biological sex of a person as either male or female. SECTION 2. Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: (f) Subject to Subsection (g), a person required to file a birth certificate under this section shall ensure the biol…
who at birth had atypical or ambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile for either male or female and whose sex is later determined, the certificate: (A) corrects the biological sex information listed as either male or female on an original birth certificate by listing the minor's determined sex as the other biological sex; or (B) completes the biological sex information not previously listed on an original birth certificate by listing the determined sex. SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act. SECT…who at birth had atypical or ambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile for either male or female and whose sex is later determined, the certificate: (A) corrects the biological sex information listed as either male or female on an original birth certificate by listing the person's determined sex as the other biological sex; or (B) completes the biological sex information not previously listed on an original birth certificate by listing the person's determined sex. SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this…