88R7771 MZM-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1601       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain   events from receiving state funding.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 315, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Section 315.0051 to read as follows:          Sec. 315.0051.  PROHIBITED EVENTS AT MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES. A   municipal library may not receive state funds if the library hosts   an event at which a man presenting as a woman or a woman presenting   as a man reads a book or a story to a minor for entertainment and the   person being dressed as the opposite gender is a primary component   of the entertainment.  State funds for the municipal library shall   be denied for the fiscal year following the year in which the   library hosts an event described by this section.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an event that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.