Status: Highly Restrictive (all major categories)
| Category | Status | Law/Bill |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Ban | 🔴 ENACTED | SB 14 (2023) |
| Sports Ban | 🔴 ENACTED | HB 25 (2021) |
| Bathroom Restrictions | 🔴 ENACTED | SB 15 (2025) |
| ID Restrictions | 🔴 ENACTED | Sex definition law |
| Pronoun Restrictions | 🔴 ENACTED | HB 1605 (2025) |
| Medicaid Exclusion | 🔴 ENACTED | |
| Shield Law | 🔴 None |
Trans Youth Affected: ~45,000 (Williams Institute estimate)
Bill Summary:
Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.
Senate Authors:
Senate Coauthors:
House Sponsors:
House Cosponsors: 76 Representatives (see full list in bill record)
| Date | Action | Source |
|---|---|---|
| March 8, 2023 | Filed in Senate | Senate Journal |
| March 16, 2023 | Public hearing - testimony taken | |
| March 20, 2023 | Committee vote | |
| March 22, 2023 | Reported favorably without amendments | |
| March 29, 2023 | Passed to engrossment as amended | |
| April 3-4, 2023 | Passed Senate | Senate Journal p.749 |
| April 13, 2023 | Referred to House Public Health | |
| May 2-5, 2023 | Committee consideration, recommitted | |
| May 12, 2023 | House floor debate, amendments rejected | House Journal p.4193 |
| May 15, 2023 | Passed House as amended | House Journal p.4242 |
| May 17, 2023 | Senate concurs in House amendments | Senate Journal p.2057 |
| May 18-19, 2023 | Signed in both chambers | |
| June 2, 2023 | Signed by Governor | Senate Journal p.3308 |
| Sept 1, 2023 | Effective |
Senate Committee Vote:
House Committee Vote:
Senate Floor Vote (April 4, 2023):
Senate Concurrence Vote (May 17, 2023):
House Final Passage (May 15, 2023):
19 amendments were offered and rejected on May 12, 2023:
All amendment vote records available in House Journal Day 62
Loe v. State of Texas
Sponsor: Representative Valoree Swanson (R-150)
Summary: Requires K-12 and university interscholastic athletic teams to be designated by biological sex. Students may only compete on teams matching their sex assigned at birth.
| Name | Party | Chamber | District | Key Bills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Campbell | R | Senate | 25 | SB 14 (healthcare ban) — Primary Author |
| Valoree Swanson | R | House | 150 | HB 25 (sports ban) |
| Tom Oliverson | R | House | 130 | SB 14 House Sponsor, HB 1686 |
| Bryan Hughes | R | Senate | 1 | SB 14 Author, multiple anti-LGBTQ bills |
| Greg Abbott | R | Governor | — | Signed all major anti-trans bills, directed DFPS investigations |
Democrats who voted against SB 14 on the House floor (May 15, 2023):
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | HB 25 (sports ban) enacted in 3rd special session | Legislature |
| Feb 2022 | AG Ken Paxton issues opinion equating gender-affirming care with "child abuse" | AG Opinion |
| Feb 2022 | Governor Abbott directs DFPS to investigate families | |
| May 2023 | SB 14 passes legislature | |
| June 2, 2023 | Governor Abbott signs SB 14 | Governor's Office |
| Aug 2023 | ACLU files Loe v. Texas challenge | ACLU |
| Sept 1, 2023 | SB 14 takes effect | |
| 2025 | SB 15 (bathrooms), HB 1605 (pronouns) enacted |
All legislative information sourced from official Texas Legislature records:
Last updated: March 31, 2026