Members of the transgender community in Texas might face a two-year jail sentence and a $10,000 fine if they divulge their gender to their employer or a government worker.

It is the most recent of many anti-transgender executive orders issued since President Donald Trump recaptured the White House in January.

This has included Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer acquiring a passport that labels her as ‘male, as well as the president wanting to prohibit transgender women from participating in women’s sports and from serving in the military.

Republican state representative Tom Oliverson submitted this proposed measure, known as “House Measure 3817.”

The proposal aims to create a criminal offense of gender identity fraud.

The Texas Penal Code would change to incorporate this new form of fraud.

It defines ‘gender identity fraud’ as “a person committing an offense if the person knowingly makes a false or misleading verbal or written statement to a governmental entity or the person’s employer by identifying the person’s biological sex as the opposite of the biological sex assigned to the person at birth.”

“An offense under this section is a state jail felony.”

The measure, if enacted, would go into force in September.

It effectively prohibits transgender persons in Texas from disclosing their real gender identification to police officers, employers, or on any government application. Instead, individuals would have to fraudulently identify as the gender assigned to them at birth.

The Texas Legislature tracker says the law is unlikely to pass because it has no committees or co-sponsors.

It comes barely seven months after the Texas Department of Public Safety instructed its employees to cease enabling transgender persons to change their gender on state IDs and driver’s licenses.

The American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Texas section released the following statement in response to the move: “The Department of Public Safety has a responsibility, as stated in its own name, to keep all Texans safe. The policy does the reverse.

“The lack of accurate driver’s licenses jeopardizes transgender people’s health and safety, potentially exposing them to discrimination, harassment, and violence.” The DPS cannot gather or distribute people’s personal information for political purposes, and state agencies cannot violate court orders.

“This continuous targeting of transgender Texans is just another worrisome violation of our privacy, safety, and dignity. Transgender persons need to be free of discrimination in Texas and everywhere else.