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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers passed Senate Bill 763 on Wednesday, which would allow school districts to replace licensed counselors, psychologists, and family specialists with uncertified “chaplains.” Th
AUSTIN, Texas — Senate Bill 1515, which would have required an edited version of the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom, did not get a vote in the Texas House before the midnight deadline.
We will be filing a lawsuit to protect transgender youth in Texas from being stripped of access to healthcare that keeps them healthy and alive.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House voted today to advance Senate Bill 15, which will ban transgender athletes from participating in sports in Texas public colleges and universities according to their gender.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House voted today to advance Senate Bill 14, which will ban evidence-based, life-saving health care for transgender adolescents in Texas.
S.B. 14 bans puberty blockers and hormone therapy, which have been used and proven to treat gender dysphoria for decades.
AUSTIN, Texas — Legislators in the Texas House voted Tuesday night to advance a series of anti-immigrant bills to the Senate including House Bills 20 and 7. Both bills seek to expand state immigration enforcement powers.