By: Harrison H.B. No. 847       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on funding for gender reassignment.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 2278 to read as follows:          Chapter 2278.  Prohibition on Use of Taxpayer Resources          Sec. 2278.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Gender reassignment" means a medical   intervention, including surgery performed for the purpose of   altering a person's primary or secondary sex characteristics or   drugs or biologicals prescribed for the purpose of altering or   maintaining alteration of a person's primary or secondary sex   characteristics.                (2)  "Intersex person" means an person who:                      (A)  has inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or   endocrine characteristics, or a combination of those   characteristics, that are not suited to the typical definition of   male or female or are atypical for the determined sex of the person;   or                      (B)  is considered by a medical professional to   have inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine   characteristics that are ambiguous or atypical for the determined   sex of the person.          Sec. 2278.002.  PROHIBITION ON USE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES FOR   GENDER REASSIGNMENT. (a)  No funds authorized or appropriated by   State law shall be expended for any gender reassignment.          (b)  No funds authorized or appropriated by State law shall   be expended for health benefits that covers gender reassignment.          (c)  The prohibition in subsection (a) and (b) does not apply   to gender reassignment to be performed on an intersex person.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.