Texas HB477 mandates the inclusion of biological sex on birth certificates and restricts changes to the sex designation for certain minors.

Texas HB477 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the inclusion of a child's biological sex on their birth certificate, determined by sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile. The law mandates that birth certificates include a space for recording the biological sex as either male or female. It prohibits the issuance of a birth certificate that changes the sex designation for a minor, except in specific circumstances: correcting a clerical error, completing the biological sex information when it was not listed originally, or for minors with atypical or ambiguous sex.

Texas HB477 mandates the inclusion of biological sex on birth certificates and restricts changes to the sex designation for certain minors.

Texas HB477 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the inclusion of a child's biological sex on their birth certificate, determined by sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile. The law mandates that birth certificates include a space for recording the biological sex as either male or female. It prohibits the issuance of a birth certificate that changes the sex designation for a minor, except in specific circumstances: correcting a clerical error, completing the biological sex information when it was not listed originally, or for minors with atypical or ambiguous sex.