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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB3478Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect and the temporary emergency jurisdiction of a court in this state over a child at risk of receiving certain prohibited gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments.
Expands the definition of child abuse to include gender-affirming medical interventions for minors, allowing DFPS investigations and removal, while explicitly excluding refusal to affirm a child's gender identity or use preferred pronouns.
causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging in, or allowing: (i) a medical intervention intended to affirm a child's perception of the child's gender if that perception is inconsistent with the child's biological sex, including a treatment or procedure prohibited under Section 161.702, Health and Safety Code;
Adds to the definition of neglect and excludes from it the refusal to affirm a child's gender perception or use preferred pronouns, and adds temporary emergency jurisdiction for courts to protect children from receiving prohibited gender treatments.
"Abuse" does not include the refusal by a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare to affirm: (A) a child's perception of the child's gender if that perception is inconsistent with the child's biological sex, including a refusal to use a child's preferred name or pronouns if the name or pronouns are inconsistent with the child's biological sex, regardless of whether the child's name has been legally changed;
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Status: Died (session ended)
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2025-03-24: Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the Family Code definitions of "abuse" and "neglect" to classify certain gender-affirming medical, psychological, or social interventions for minors as abuse (with specific exclusions for non-affirmation), and expands court emergency jurisdiction to intervene in such cases, directly impacting transgender healthcare and education policies while affecting parental custody disputes.
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