HB 2342
AN ACT relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Protects public school employees from being disciplined, terminated, or retaliated against for addressing students or other employees using terms consistent with their biological sex. The legislation prevents school districts and charter schools from taking adverse action against staff who do not use preferred pronouns that differ from a person's biological sex at birth. If passed, the bill would provide legal protection for educators who choose to use traditional gender-specific language in school settings.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 22.905 to read as follows: Sec. 22.905. PROTECTION FOR USE OF TERMS CONSISTENT WITH BIOLOGICAL SEX. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not terminate, discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a district or school employee who addresses a student or another district or school employee in terms consistent with the biological sex of the student or employee. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms
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