Protecting The Innocence Of Children

· After joining with concerned moms across Texas and fighting against sexually explicit materials in schools at the local level, I filed and passed HB 900, The READER Act. This bill requires book vendors appropriately rate educational resources sold to districts, bans sexually explicit content and provides greater transparency and parental controls for other relevant materials. The READER Act is model legislation for the rest of the nation as we continue to fight against the radical sexualization of our children.

· Also during the 88th legislative session, I helped pass legislation to ban the practice of mutilating children through so-called “gender reassignment”. SB 14 outright bans the use of dangerous drugs and surgeries on minors for this purpose. I also backed and helped pass SB 12, which prohibits children from attending sexually explicit drag and other performances.

· In 2021, I coauthored and helped pass HB 25 to keep boys from playing against girls in middle school and high school UIL sports. In 2023, we followed it up by prohibiting men from participating in women’s collegiate sports in our public colleges and universities.

· I was a joint author of HB 18 during the 88th Texas legislature, known as the SCOPE Act, to protect kids and their data from predatory social media companies and helped pass HB 1181, which requires pornographic websites verify the age of their users.

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