Texas Senate passes bill disallowing sex changes on birth certificates

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Senate on Thursday voted to pass a bill that would prevent Texans from changing the sex assigned on their birth certificates. The bill will move forward to be heard in the Texas House of Representatives.
Senate Bill 406 was authored by Texas Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, and it was one of the first bills filed in the 89th Legislative Session. What KXAN is watching during the 89th Legislative SessionThe bill relates "to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a