HB 1015

relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a
bathroom or changing facility in a public school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter I to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER I.  SINGLE-SEX MULTIPLE-OCCUPANCY BATHROOMS AND
Sec. 38.451.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Multiple-occupancy bathroom or changing
facility" means a facility designed or designated for use by more
than one person at a time, where a person may be in a state of
undress in the presence of another person, regardless of whether
the facility provides curtains or partial walls for privacy.  The
term includes a restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower
(2)  "Single-occupancy bathroom or changing facility"
means a facility designed or designated for use by only one person
at a time, where a person may be in a state of undress, including a
single toilet restroom with a locking door that is designed or
designated as unisex or for use based on biological sex.
Sec. 38.452.  DETERMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL SEX.  (a)  For
purposes of this subchapter, a person's biological sex is the
biological sex correctly stated on the person's official birth
certificate as described by Subsection (b).
(b)  A statement of a person's biological sex on the person's
official birth certificate is considered to have correctly stated
the person's biological sex only if the statement was:
(1)  entered at or near the time of the person's birth;
(2)  modified to correct a scrivener or clerical error
in the person's biological sex.
Sec. 38.453.  SINGLE-SEX MULTIPLE-OCCUPANCY BATHROOM OR
CHANGING FACILITY.  A school district or open-enrollment charter
school shall require that each multiple-occupancy bathroom or
changing facility accessible to students and located in a school or
school facility be designated for and used only by persons based on
Sec. 38.454.  ACCOMMODATIONS AUTHORIZED.  (a)  This
subchapter does not prohibit a school district or open-enrollment
charter school from providing an accommodation, including a
single-occupancy bathroom or changing facility or the controlled
use of a faculty bathroom or changing facility, on request due to
(b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
not provide an accommodation that allows a person to use a
multiple-occupancy bathroom or changing facility accessible to
students that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the
Sec. 38.455.  PRIVATE LEASES AND CONTRACTS.  (a)  A private
entity that leases or contracts to use a building owned or leased by
a school district or open-enrollment charter school is not subject
(b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
not require a private entity described by Subsection (a) to adopt,
or prohibit the private entity from adopting, a policy on the
designation or use of bathrooms or changing facilities located in
Sec. 38.456.  EXCEPTIONS.  A designation of a multiple-
occupancy bathroom or changing facility under Section 38.453 does
not apply to a person entering a multiple-occupancy bathroom or
changing facility designated for the biological sex opposite to the
(2)  for a maintenance or inspection purpose;
(3)  to render medical or other emergency assistance;
(4)  to accompany a student needing assistance in using
the facility, if the assisting person is:
(A)  an employee or authorized volunteer of the
school district or open-enrollment charter school; or
(B)  the student's parent, guardian, conservator,
(5)  to accompany a person other than a student needing
assistance in using the facility; or
(6)  to receive assistance in using the facility.
Sec. 38.457.  CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN POLICIES PROHIBITED.
In awarding a contract for the purchase of goods or services, a
school district or open-enrollment charter school may not consider
whether a private entity competing for the contract has adopted a
policy relating to the designation or use of the entity's bathrooms
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.