Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.706 · Subchapter Y. GENDER TRANSITIONING AND GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES AND TREATMENTS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN
ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the attorney general has reason to believe that a person is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a violation of Section 161.702, the attorney general may bring an action to enforce this subchapter to restrain or enjoin the person from committing, continuing to commit, or repeating the violation.
(b) Venue for an action brought under this section is in a district court of Travis County or the county where the violation occurred or is about to occur.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 335 (S.B. 14), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter X, Chapter 161 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(20), eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm
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