By: Toth H.B. No. 4318       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to protecting parents and other individuals from criminal   investigations or prosecution for refusing to affirm a child's   homosexual or transgender inclinations or efforts to obtain an   abortion.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.04, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (n) to read as follows:          (n)  This section may not be construed to impose criminal   liability on any person for criticizing, opposing, attempting to   change, or refusing to affirm, accept, accommodate, or express   approval of another person's:                (1)  homosexual inclinations or behavior;                (2)  transgender or gender non-conforming inclinations   or behavior; or                (3)  efforts or decision to obtain an abortion.          SECTION 2.  Section 22.04, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (i) to read as follows:          (i)  This section may not be construed to impose criminal   liability on any person for criticizing, opposing, attempting to   change, or refusing to affirm, accept, accommodate, or express   approval of another person's:                (1)  homosexual inclinations or behavior;                (2)  transgender or gender non-conforming inclinations   or behavior; or                (3)  efforts or decision to obtain an abortion.          SECTION 3.  If any provision of this Act or its application   to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does   not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be   given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to   this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.