By: Middleton, et al. S.B. No. 15     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring public institution of higher education   students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to   compete based on biological sex.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.980 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.980.  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC COMPETITION BASED ON   BIOLOGICAL SEX. (a) In this section, "institution of higher   education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an   intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or authorized by an   institution of higher education may not allow a student to compete   on the team in an intercollegiate athletic competition sponsored or   authorized by the institution that is designated for the biological   sex opposite to the student's biological sex as correctly stated   on:                (1)  the student's official birth certificate, as   described by Subsection (d); or                (2)  if the student's official birth certificate   described by Subdivision (1) is unobtainable, another government   record that accurately states the student's biological sex.          (c)  An intercollegiate athletic team described by   Subsection (b) may allow a female student to compete in an   intercollegiate athletic competition that is designated for male   students if a corresponding intercollegiate athletic competition   designated for female students is not offered or available.          (d)  For purposes of this section, a statement of a student's   biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is   considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex   only if the statement was:                (1)  entered at or near the time of the student's birth;   or                (2)  modified to correct a scrivener or clerical error   in the student's biological sex.          (e)  An institution of higher education or an   intercollegiate athletic team described by Subsection (b) may not   retaliate against a person for reporting a violation of this   section.          (f)  A person may bring a civil action for injunctive relief   against an institution of higher education or an intercollegiate   athletic team described by Subsection (b) that violates this   section.          (g)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall   adopt rules to implement this section. The rules must ensure   compliance with state and federal law regarding the confidentiality   of student medical information, including Chapter 181, Health and   Safety Code, and the Health Insurance Portability and   Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.).          SECTION 2.  This Act applies to any intercollegiate athletic   competition sponsored or authorized by a public institution of   higher education that occurs on or after the effective date of this   Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.