By: Swanson H.B. No. 3186       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on   biological sex.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.980, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:          (c-1)  An intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or   authorized by an out-of-state postsecondary educational   institution may not compete in an intercollegiate athletic   competition against an intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or   authorized by an institution of higher education unless the   out-of-state institution, not later than the 30th day before the   date of the athletic competition, certifies to the institution of   higher education that the out-of-state institution will comply with   the requirements of Subsection (b) during the athletic competition.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.980(c-1), Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with intercollegiate athletic   competitions sponsored or authorized by a public institution of   higher education for the 2025-2026 academic year.          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, 2025.