Bills affecting LGBTQ+ / Queer in Texas — 2026 session

Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.

Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.

Relating to prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties.

Relating to a prohibition on instruction and certain activities regarding sexual orientation or gender identity provided or allowed by a public school.

Relating to the statute of limitations on a health care liability claim involving certain gender modification drugs provided to and procedures performed on a minor.

Imposing private civil liability on anyone who causes or contributes to the social transitioning of a minor.

Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from offering programs or courses in LGBTQ or DEI studies.

Relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex.

Relating to general definitions regarding biological sex and the designation and use of certain spaces according to biological sex; authorizing a civil right of action.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for conversion therapy.

Relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on biological sex.

Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from providing instruction regarding the use of gender pronouns.

Relating to protecting parents and other individuals from criminal investigations or prosecution for refusing to affirm a child's homosexual or transgender inclinations or efforts to obtain an abortion.

Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses.

Relating to unprofessional conduct by mental health providers who attempt to change the sexual orientation of a child.

Relating to the prohibition, prevention, and remedying of certain discrimination.

Relating to the provision of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures or treatments.

Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of gender identity fraud.