"Bathroom Bill 2.0" and beyond: Texas renews legislative attacks on trans rights

[Jessica_Rose]

"Bathroom Bill 2.0" and beyond: Texas renews legislative attacks on trans rights

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Story by Shafaq Patel (22 April 2025)

Texas Republicans are moving to further restrict transgender rights this legislative session, with more than 120 anti-trans bills — the most in the country.

Senate Bill 240 would require certain public spaces and facilities to be used based on biological sex, allowing for civil penalties and private lawsuits. The proposal, along with its companion bills in the House, mirrors the failed 2017 bathroom bill — a push Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick supported then, as he does now.

SB 1257 would require health benefit plans to cover possible reversals of gender transition treatments.

And SB 619 would allow health care providers to refuse participation in services that conflict with their personal or religious beliefs.

SB 810 would protect public school employees from disciplinary actions if they use terms consistent with a student's biological sex rather than their gender identity.

SB 406, passed by the Senate, would require birth certificates to list a person's biological sex and prohibit changes to this designation for minors, while SB 1696 would prohibit anyone from changing the sex listed on their birth certificate.

HB 3817 would make it a crime to identify as a different gender than the one assigned at birth when speaking to the government or their employer.

SB 18, passed in the Senate and one of Patrick's priorities, would aim to stop drag time story hour at libraries.