Topic and direction labels are AI-assisted, and each one quotes the bill text it is based on.
How labels work
Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB4710Relating to traveling with a child to facilitate the provision of certain gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments to that child; creating a criminal offense.
Creates a first-degree felony for traveling out of state with a resident child to obtain gender-transition procedures banned in Texas, so less access to such care for minors.
A person commits an offense if the person travels from this state to a location outside this state with a child who is a resident of this state to facilitate the child's ability to receive a procedure or treatment that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 161.702 if the procedure or treatment occurred in this state.
Establishes a new state crime tied to evading Texas restrictions on gender-transition care for minors by traveling out of state, so less legal ability to obtain such care.
An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a first-degree felony for traveling out of Texas with a resident minor to obtain gender-transition procedures banned under existing Texas law (Section 161.702), with an exception only for procedures authorized under Section 161.703. This directly restricts access to transgender healthcare for minors and adds a related enforcement mechanism.
Related bills
HB805Relating to a task force to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender persons.↑Expands transgender recognition & access↑Expands transgender recognition & access Filed
SB1257Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.↑Expands transgender recognition & access Law
HB778Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.↑Expands transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
HB3446Relating to access to a child's health records by the child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian.↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)