Companion bills have been filed in the Texas Senate and House to prohibit individuals from using state-funded facilities that are designated for use by the opposite sex. It would ban biological males from using state-funded women’s facilities like in jail or prison cells, domestic violence shelters, public bathrooms, locker rooms or other facilities.
State Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, filed HB 239 , the Texas Women’s Privacy Act. State Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, filed the companion bill in the Texas Senate. The bill has bipartisan support.
It seeks to amend state government code to define biological sex, correctional facilities, family violence shelters, political subdivisions, private spaces, single occupancy private spaces, state agencies and other terms.
Biological sex is defined as the “physical condition of being male or female, as determined by: … the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of a person; a person’s original birth certificate, if the biological sex is correctly stated on the birth certificate …,” according to ...
