88S40031 JTZ-D     By: Tepper H.B. No. 20       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prohibition on instruction and certain activities   regarding sexual orientation or gender identity provided or allowed   by school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and district   and charter school employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 28.0043 to read as follows:          Sec. 28.0043.  PROHIBITION ON INSTRUCTION AND CERTAIN   ACTIVITIES REGARDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. (a)   Except as provided by Subsection (b), a school district,   open-enrollment charter school, or district or charter school   employee may not provide or allow a third party to provide   instruction, guidance, activities, or programming regarding sexual   orientation or gender identity to students enrolled in   prekindergarten through 12th grade.          (b)  This section may not be construed to limit:                (1)  a student's ability to engage in speech or   expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United   States Constitution or by Section 8, Article I, Texas Constitution,   that does not result in material disruption to school activities;   or                (2)  the ability of a person who is authorized by the   district to provide physical or mental health-related services to   provide the services to a student, subject to any required parental   consent.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025   school 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the   legislative session.