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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session

SB1953 Relating to the inclusion of a person's biological sex on certain government documents and identification cards.

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Requires biological sex (defined by sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile at birth) to be recorded on birth and death certificates, driver's licenses, commercial licenses, and ID cards, and prohibits amending these documents to change the listed biological sex except in narrow cases ofcler

The state registrar, local registrar, or other person who issues a birth certificate under this section may not issue, and a court may not order the issuance of, a birth certificate that incorporates a person's completed or corrected biological sex information unless:

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2025-03-17: Referred to State Affairs
Filed
2025-03-05
Committee
State Affairs
Sponsor
Donna Campbell R

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill requires recording biological sex (determined at birth by sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile) on birth certificates, death certificates, driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, and personal ID cards; prohibits amending these documents to list a sex opposite to biological sex at birth (with narrow exceptions for clerical errors or intersex conditions); and mandates amended certificates be labeled as such. This restricts legal recognition of gender identity on official documents.

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-03-17SReferred to State Affairs
2025-03-17SRead first time
2025-03-05SFiled
2025-03-05SReceived by the Secretary of the Senate