(The Center Square) – A new online complaint form has been launched for Texans to report men in women’s spaces after a new law is in effect.
This month, new laws became effective designed to protect women and girls including in publicly funded spaces. New state code now defines sex-based terms.
One of them is the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, which requires political subdivisions and state agencies to implement policies to ensure that private spaces they own or control are designated for use by individuals based on their biological sex. This includes publicly funded bathrooms, domestic abuse shelters, locker rooms, public schools and others.
Civil penalties range from $25,000 for the first violation to $125,000 for the second and subsequent violations, The Center Square reported.
Now, the Office of Attorney General has launched an online complaint form on its website that enables Texans to submit a report to help the OAG enforce the law.
The OAG explains that the law also applies to public schools, open enrollment charter schools and state institutions of higher education. They are each required to “designate each multiple-occupancy private space it owns, operates, or controls for use only by individuals of one sex,” the OAG states.
Political subdivisions and state agencies are “required to take every reasonable step to ensure an individual of one sex does not enter the private space of the opposite sex,” the OAG states.
“The Texas Women’s Privacy Act was passed to ensure that women and girls in Texas are protected from mentally ill men wanting to violate their basic right to privacy in places like restrooms and locker rooms,” Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “It’s absolute insanity that action like this is even needed, but unfortunately in the day and age of radical leftism, it is.”
“If you believe a political subdivision or state agency has violated SB 8 since it became effective on December 4, 2025, and you have fulfilled the complaint and notice requirement found in Texas Government Code section 3002.102, you may file a complaint,” the OAG website states.
By submitting complaints, Paxton said, “Together, we will uproot and bring justice to any state agency or political subdivision that opens the door for men to violate women’s privacy, dignity, and safety.”
The action comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed several bills into law to protect women and girls in public spaces, including in educational and athletic settings.
In 2023, the Save Women’s Sports Act, became effective. It prohibits biological men from competing on a team or as an individual against women in college sports, also eliminating them from female locker rooms, The Center Square reported.
In 2021, Abbott first signed a bill into law to protect girls’ sports in Texas public schools, including elementary through high school. In the 2017 and 2019 legislative sessions, he signed four bills into law to address student safety and adjudication processes for reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault on college campuses.
Last year, Abbott instructed Texas colleges and universities to ignore a Biden administration rewrite of Title IX that redefined “sex” to include “gender identify.” Texas also sued to stop the action and won, The Center Square reported.
