Texas Passes Woman’s Bill of Rights 

The Woman’s Bill of Rights, HB 229 by Representative Ellen Troxclair, passed the Texas Legislature and was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025. This law will go into effect September 1, 2025. This common sense bill establishes a legal definition of biological sex in Texas Government Code and mandates that all governmental entities collecting vital statistics or other data related to sex must classify individuals strictly as either “male” or “female” based on biological reproductive capacity. It relates to claims of discrimination where most transgender individuals abuse the law to gain access to women’s spaces. The Woman’s Bill of Rights will make sure that women’s sports, private spaces, and opportunities are protected. Save Women’s Sports leaders Riley Gaines and Brooke Slusser strongly supported this bill. This bill received bipartisan support and is headed to Gov. Abbott’s desk and Gov. Abbott has already posted on social media that he will sign this new law.