The Texas Senate passed three bills this week related to banning gender modification surgery for minors, banning children from being exposed to sexualized performances and penalizing public libraries that host “Drag Queen Story Hour” for minors.
Two bills filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, SB 12 and SB 1601, relate to exposing children to sexualized performances and “Drag Queen Story Hour.”
State senator and doctor, Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, filed SB 14, relate to child gender modification procedures.
All three bills passed their respective committees after lengthy and contentious hearings last month. Hughes’ bills and Campbell’s bill passed the Senate on April 5 and 4, respectively.
SB 12 “restricts certain sexually oriented performances on public property, on the premises of a commercial enterprise, or in the presence of a child,” according to the bill language. It also authorizes a civil penalty and creates a criminal offense of a Class A misdemeanor.
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