---
title: GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION - Texas Legislation
subject: GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION
total_bills: 5
unique_authors: 5
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 2
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/gender-identity-expression"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 5
- **Unique Authors:** 5
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 2 bills

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 3 bills
- **Senate:** 2 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Moderate:** 1 bills
- **Low:** 1 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Ellen Troxclair** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Matthew Shaheen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Mayes Middleton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (3 shared bills)
- [Health--Privacy/Use of Information](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-privacyuse-of-information) (2 shared bills)
- [Civil Remedies & Liabilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/civil-remedies-liabilities) (2 shared bills)
- [Family](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family) (2 shared bills)
- [Women](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/women) (2 shared bills)
- [Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance) (1 shared bills)
- [SEXUAL ORIENTATION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/sexual-orientation) (1 shared bills)
- [VITAL STATISTICS & RECORDS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/vital-statistics-records) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-insurance) - 2 bills
- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 1 bills
- [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-criminal-justice) - 1 bills
- [Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-licensing-and-regulation) - 1 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 1 bills
- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB1188](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1188-89th-regular) | Relating to electronic health record requi... | Critical | High |
| [SB8](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb8-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the designation and use of cer... | Critical | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [SB8](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb8-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the designation and use o... | Mayes Middleton (R) | Critical |
| [HB1106](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1106-89th-regular) | Relating to the definitions of child ... | Matthew Shaheen (R) | Low |
| [HB229](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb229-89th-regular) | Relating to general definitions for a... | Ellen Troxclair (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1188](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1188-89th-regular) | Relating to electronic health record ... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB1257](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1257-89th-regular) | Relating to required health benefit p... | Bryan Hughes (R) | - |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/gender-identity-expression)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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