Relating to a task force to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender persons.

HB 1470 establishes a 15-member transgender equality task force to study legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender people in Texas. The task force includes 11 state agency representatives (e.g., from Health, Education, and Workforce agencies), plus two members appointed by the lieutenant governor (a transgender person's parent/guardian and a transgender rights attorney) and two by the House speaker (a transgender health physician and a transgender person). It will focus specifically on healthcare access, long-term care, and other equality issues, meeting quarterly starting October 2025. The bill directs the task force to study needed state actions but does not implement new policies. This is a study bill, not a legislative change.