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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 2342: Relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2342 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex. Primary sponsor: Briscoe Cain (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 14, 2025): Referred to Public Education.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Briscoe CainPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Tom OliversonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Public Education
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source