Host one, lose state and local funding for the next fiscal year.
The bill cuts off state and local public money to any city library that hosts an event where a person dressed as the opposite sex reads a book or story to a minor for entertainment, and the cross-dressing is a primary part of that entertainment. It touches municipal libraries, the cities and other local governments that fund them, and the state. A library that hosts such an event on or after September 1, 2025 loses state and local government funding for the next fiscal year.
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Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1601 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1601 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Mar 19, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the State Affairs committee 9-5, no floor vote.
relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain
events from receiving state or other public funding.
WHAT IT DOES
Host one, lose state and local funding for the next fiscal year.
The bill cuts off state and local public money to any city library that hosts an event where a person dressed as the opposite sex reads a book or story to a minor for entertainment, and the cross-dressing is a primary part of that entertainment. It touches municipal libraries, the cities and other local governments that fund them, and the state. A library that hosts such an event on or after September 1, 2025 loses state and local government funding for the next fiscal year.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
“A municipal library may not receive state or other public funds if the library hosts an event at which a man presenting as a woman or a woman presenting as a man reads a book or a story to a minor for entertainment”…
Senator Hughes moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration SB 18 at this time on its third reading and final passage: SB 18, Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 20 (published)
Nay: 11 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Senator Hughes moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration SB 18 at this time on its second reading: SB 18, Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 10.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 20 (published)
Nay: 10 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses287
For
25
Against
262
On
0
Names
For
Self11 registrations
Self; PROTECTING TEXAS CHILDREN1 registration
Self; Texans WakeUp1 registration
Self; Texas Eagle Forum2 registrations
Self; Texas Family Project1 registration
Self; Texas Legislative Priorities1 registration
Self; Texas Values3 registrations
Self; Texas Values Action1 registration
Self; Williamson County Republican Party1 registration
House committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 9 aye, 5 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 10 aye, 1 nay · Out of committee
Subjects
City Government--General
Libraries & Librarians
Political Subdivisions
State Finances--Management & Control
GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION
Text
The text as introduced · 196 words
89R10075 MZM-D
By: Hughes, et al.
S.B. No. 18
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain
events from receiving state or other public funding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 315, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 315.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 315.0051. PROHIBITED EVENTS AT MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES. A
municipal library may not receive state or other public funds if the
library hosts an event at which a man presenting as a woman or a
woman presenting as a man reads a book or a story to a minor for
entertainment and the person being dressed as the opposite gender
is a primary component of the entertainment. The state and a
political subdivision of the state may not provide funds to the
municipal library for the fiscal year following the year in which
the library hosts an event described by this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an event that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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