Texas House to review HB 973 introduced by Candy Noble on Thursday, March 6

Rep. Candy Noble introduced HB 973, a bill on Education, Health, and Minors, to the Texas House on Thursday, March 6 during the 89(R) legislative session, according to the Texas Legislature website.

More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to prohibiting a court, administrative agency, or other tribunal from requiring certain amendments to a public school student's permanent record’’.

The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.

This bill prohibits any court, administrative agency, or other tribunal from ordering or requiring a school district employee to amend a public school student's permanent record to indicate a sex different from the student's biological sex as determined at birth. The bill defines "biological sex" based on the individual's sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profile at birth. The measure aims to ensure that school records reflect a student's biological sex, as opposed to any changes in gender identity. This legislation is set to take effect Sept. 1, 2025.

Candy Noble, member of the House Committee on Ways & Means and vice chair of the House Committee on S/C on Property Tax Appraisals, proposed one other bill during the 89(R) legislative session.

Noble graduated from Hardin-Simmons University.

Candy Noble is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 89th House district. She replaced previous state representative Jodie Laubenberg in 2019.

Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.

You can read more about the bills and other measures here.