Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session
Texas HB52: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
Status: In committee, August 18, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
From the introduced text, August 15, 2025:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Texas Women's Privacy Act. SECTION 2. Subtitle Z, Title 10, Government Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3002 to read as follows: [ADDED: CHAPTER 3002. ][ADDED: ][ADDED: REGULATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN CERTAIN SPACES AND ] [ADDED: FACILITIES ACCORDING TO SEX] [ADDED: SUBCHAPTER A. ][ADDED: ][ADDED: GENERAL PROVISIONS] [ADDED: Sec. 3002.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:] [ADDED: (1)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: "Correctional facility" has the meaning assigned ] [ADDED: by Section 1.07, Penal Code.] [ADDED: (2)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: "Family violence shelter" means a family violence ] [ADDED: nonresidential center or a family violence shelter center, as those ] [ADDED: terms are defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code, that has ] [ADDED: contracted with the Health and Human Services Commission under ] [ADDED: Section 51.003, Human Resources Code.] [ADDED: (3)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: "Female"][ADDED: ][ADDED: means an individual who naturally has or ] [ADDED: will have, or had or would have but for a congenital anomaly or an ] [ADDED: intentional or unintentional disruption, a reproductive system ] [ADDED: designed to produce, …
Sponsors
- Valoree Swanson (R, HD-150) · primary sponsor
- Greg Bonnen (R, HD-024)
- Jeff Leach (R, HD-067)
- Cody Harris (R, HD-008)
- William Metcalf (R, HD-016)
- Daniel Alders (R, HD-006)
- Trent Ashby (R, HD-057)
- Jeff Barry (R, HD-029)
- Cecil Bell (R, HD-003)
- Keith Bell (R, HD-004)
- Brad Buckley (R, HD-054)
- Ben Bumgarner (R, HD-063)
Latest actions
- : Referred to State Affairs
- : Read first time
- : Filed
Subjects: WOMEN'S SHELTERS, Political Subdivisions, State Agencies, Boards & Commissions, Civil Remedies & Liabilities, Women, Family--Family Violence, GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS BOARD OF
Common questions
- What is HB52?
- HB52 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 2nd Special Session): Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
- What does HB52 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
- What is the status of HB52?
- In committee as of August 18, 2025. Latest action: Referred to State Affairs (August 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB52?
- Valoree Swanson (R, HD-150), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB52?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB00052
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