Conroe, has filed a bill to amend state penal code to create a new criminal offense of “gender identity fraud.” The bill, HB 3817, which is less than 10 sentences, would make it a jailable felony for an individual to knowingly make a false or misleading verbal or written statement to a governmental entity or their employer by claiming to be a gender that is contrary to their biological sex.

A Republican representative in Texas has introduced a bill that would make being transgender a felony in the state, punishable by up to two years in prison.

A bill proposed in the Texas legislature could charge transgender Texans with a felony if they commit what proponents call “gender identity fraud.”

Transgender Texans could be charged with fraud under state legislation filed this month that seeks to make publicly identifying as trans illegal. House Bill 3817, introduced last week by Republican state Rep.

The Texas state legislature may soon consider whether transgender Texans can be charged with a felony for identifying as their preferred gender.

A new bill coming out of Texas has the whole country watching—and not for the right reasons. Russia Bans Adoption Of Its Children To Pro-LGBTQIA+ Countries And Those That Legalize Gender Transitioning The proposed legislation,