bill barring Events Trust Fund money over female sports eligibility

The text as introduced · 530 words

By: Swanson
H.B. No. 370

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility of certain events under the Events Trust

Fund

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sec. 478.0051 is amended by adding subsections

(d) and (e) to read as follows:

Sec. 478.0051. EVENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. (a) Only an

event listed in Section 478.0001(3) is eligible for funding under

this chapter.

(b) A listed event may receive funding through the program

only if:

(1) a site selection organization, after considering

through a highly competitive selection process one or more sites

not in this state, selects a site in this state for the event to be

held:

(A) one time; or

(B) if the event is scheduled under an event

contract or event support contract to be held each year for a period

of years, one time in each year;

(2) a site selection organization selects a site in

this state as:

(A) the sole site for the event; or

(B) the sole site for the event in a region

composed of this state and one or more adjoining states;

(3) the event is held not more than one time in

any year;

(4) the incremental increase in tax receipts

determined under Section 478.0102 is at least $1 million; and

(5) not later than the 30th day before the first

day of the event, a site selection organization submits a plan to

prevent the trafficking of persons in connection with the event to:

(A) the office of the attorney general; and

(B) the chief of the Texas Division of

Emergency Management.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an event described by

Section 478.0001(3)(GG) may receive funding through the program if

a portion of the event is held at one or more sites located in

another state or country.

(d) An event is not eligible for funding under this chapter

if the event allows for a biological male to compete in a sport

designated by rule or procedure for female athletes.

(e) For purposes of this section:

(1) An athlete's status as a biological male is

determined by the biological sex correctly stated on:

(A) the athlete's official birth certificate; or

(B) if the athlete's official birth certificate

described by Paragraph (A) is unobtainable, another government

record that accurately states the athlete's biological sex; and

(2) a statement of an athlete's biological sex on the

athlete's official birth certificate is considered to have

correctly stated the athlete's biological sex only if the statement

was:

(A) entered at or near the time of the athlete's

birth; or

(B) modified to correct a scrivener or clerical

error in the student's biological sex.

(f) Subsection (d) does not prohibit biological males from

acting as coaches, support staff, or other necessary personnel who

are not actively competing in the sport designated by rule or

procedure for female athletes.

SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2025.