Fact check: As of September 1st, 2023, 774 new laws are going into effect in Texas.

Verdict: mostly true — Trust Score 75/100

The post accurately states that 774 new laws went into effect in Texas on September 1, 2023, covering various topics such as armed officers in schools, fentanyl overdose classifications, and restrictions on transgender athletes and gender-affirming care. However, the claim about explicit performances in front of children is misleading, as the enforcement of that law was initially blocked by a federal judge, though it was later reinstated. confirmed by 4 sources.

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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAmpvQp6/
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Platform: TIKTOK Author: @divjifi3654 --- Caption/Description --- NEW TEXAS LAWS TODAY 9/1 #texas #law #covid19 #transgender #fyp --- Audio Transcript (What was said) --- If you live in Texas, when you wake up in the morning, there are gonna be 774 new laws that go into effect, and here's some of the ones you wanna know. Number one, after Uvalde, they have went so hard in making sure that schools are safe. So there is going to have to be an armed officer at every elementary, middle, and high school campus in the state, as well as mental health training for school staff that interact with children. Fentanyl. This will classify overdoses from fentanyl as poisonings. And anybody who provides fentanyl that ends up unaliving somebody will face unaliving charges. This is a huge one. Senate Bill 15 prohibits transgender athletes from competing on college teams that match their gender identity. The law extends to existing restrictions on K12 that require students to play on a team that matches their assigned sex at birth. Restricting explicit performances, drag shows, and things like that will not be allowed to be done in front of children, and if so, the business that is hosting that will be fined by the state. Also prohibits transgender youth from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy, and doctors who prescribe these will lose their medical license in Texas. And one of the biggest ones on the list, they have banned the state from enacting mask mandates, vaccine mandates, business and school closures to prevent the spread of covid 19. So if you live in Texas, and even if you don't, Let me know what you guys think about these new laws that are happening today. --- On-Screen Text (OCR) --- NEW LAWS GOING INTO PLACE IN TEXAS TODAY 9/1 LIVE IN TEXAS --- NEW LAWS GOING INTO PLACE IN TEXAS TODAY 9/1 🤯 😮 😳 UVALDE— FEARLESS LAB --- NEW LAWS GOING INTO PLACE IN TEXAS TODAY 9/1 🤯 🥶 😳 SCHOOLS ARE SAFE SOURCE PLATFORM: unclear --- NEW LAWS GOING INTO PLACE IN TEXAS

Claims analyzed (6)

  1. verified: As of September 1st, 2023, 774 new laws are going into effect in Texas.
    Multiple sources confirm that 774 new laws passed during the 88th Texas Legislative Session went into effect on September 1, 2023.
  2. verified: Texas law now requires an armed officer at every school campus and mental health training for staff.
    House Bill 3, passed in response to the Uvalde shooting, requires an armed security officer at every school campus and mandates mental health training for certain district employees. This law went into effect on September 1, 2023.
  3. verified: Texas law classifies fentanyl overdoses as poisonings, and individuals who provide fentanyl leading to death will face murder charges.
    House Bill 6 (HB6) became law on September 1, 2023, reclassifying fentanyl overdoses as 'poisonings' and creating the offense of fentanyl murder, allowing individuals to be charged with homicide if a death results from fentanyl they distributed.
  4. verified: Texas Senate Bill 15 prohibits transgender athletes from competing on college teams matching their gender identity, extending existing K-12 restrictions.
    Senate Bill 15, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on June 15, 2023, and effective September 1, 2023, requires all college athletes to compete based on their sex assigned at birth, extending restrictions already in place for K-12 public schools.
  5. misleading: Texas law prohibits explicit performances, such as drag shows, in front of children, with businesses hosting such events facing fines.
    Senate Bill 12, which restricts sexually explicit performances in front of children and imposes fines on businesses, was signed into law in 2023. However, its enforcement was initially blocked by a federal judge in September 2023, who declared it unconstitutional. The law was later reinstated by a federal appeals court in November 2025, with an effective date of March 18, 2026. The post's claim that it went into effect on September 1, 2023, without mentioning the legal challenges, is misleading.
  6. verified: Texas law prohibits transgender youth from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy, and doctors prescribing these will lose their medical license.
    Senate Bill 14, which took effect in September 2023, prohibits gender-affirming medical interventions such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors. Doctors who violate this law face revocation of their medical license.

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