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This bill establishes new requirements for recording biological sex on birth certificates in Texas, mandating that birth certificates must include a space for recording a person's biological sex as either male or female, determined by sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile. The bill allows an exception for newborns with atypical or ambiguous sex characteristics, where a physician can delay sex designation until the child's sex can be definitively determined. Birth certificates can only be amended to change or complete sex information under specific circumstances: correcting a clerical error, listing a previously unrecorded biological sex, or updating the sex for a person born with ambiguous characteristics. The bill prohibits changing a birth certificate's biological sex designation except in very narrow, medically-determined situations. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is required to adopt rules implementing these changes, with the bill set to take effect on September 1, 2025. The legislation aims to strictly define and limit modifications to birth certificate sex designations, focusing on biological characteristics at birth or determined shortly thereafter.

Government Affairs, Health and Social Services

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB406