LGBTQ+ Rights
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H.B. 257 - Sex-Based Designations for Privacy, Anti-Bullying, and Women's Opportunities Prohibits students from accessing sex-specific restrooms, locker rooms, shower rooms, and changing rooms in public schools that do not correspond with a person’s biological sex as defined in the bill, instead requiring students and their parent or guardian to work with the school to develop a privacy plan that allows reasonable access to unisex, single-occupant, or faculty restrooms; for publicly owned or controlled facilities accessible to the general public, the bill makes it a crime to enter a sex-designated changing room (not restrooms) that does not correspond with that person’s “biological sex” and increases criminal penalties for other crimes committed in that situation; outside of regulating access to “privacy spaces,” the bill requires “equivalent quality or rotational sharing” of sex-designated athletic facilities or venues within the public education system, and that government entities shall ensure the construction of single-occupant facilities in new construction and consider retrofitting or remodeling existing spaces to include privacy protections. Passed in House and Senate Signed by Governor Cox 1/30/24
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H.B. 132 - Prohibiting Sex Transitioning Procedures on Minors Makes it unprofessional conduct for a health care provider to perform a medical procedure on a minor for the purpose of attempted sex transitioning or attempted sex change. Failed in House Committee
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H.B. 228 - Unprofessional Conduct Amendments Continues to ban the dangerous use of conversion therapy while providing greater clarification around permitted types of talk therapy. Passed in House and Senate
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H.B. 329 - Adult Event Permit Amendments Targeting drag shows, requires public entities to provide public notice for permitted events that have “adult themes”. Passed in House; Passed in Senate Committee but failed sine die
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S.B. 16 - Transgender Medical Treatments and Procedures Amendments Prohibits performing gender-affirming surgical procedures on a minor and places an indefinite moratorium on the use of puberty blockers for minors. Passed in Senate and House; Signed by Governor 1/28
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S.B. 93 - Birth Certificate Modifications Prohibits changing information on a birth certificate, including names, one year after birth, and outlines procedures for courts to follow when considering a sex designation change on a birth certificate. Passed in Senate and House
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H.B. 11 - Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Activities Prohibits transgender girls from participating in school sports activities, but if that ban is overturned by a court, then it creates a commission that would set baseline physical characteristics for participating in such sports and determine whether transgender students are eligible to play based on those standards. Notes: Vote to override Governor Spencer Cox’s veto used for scoring of H.B. 11. Sen. Dan McCay was scored as if he was a sponsor of the bill because he introduced the substitute version that was passed by the Legislature. Rep. Angela Romero was absent for the veto override vote, but had previously voted against H.B. 11.
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H.B. 92 - Medical Practice Amendments Anti-trans bill banning gender-affirming surgeries and medical treatments for transgender minors.
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H.B. 234 - Gestational Agreement Amendments Allows surrogacy gestational agreements to extend to LGBT+ couples.
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H.B. 449 - Study of Hormonal Medications Used in Transgender Procedures for Minors Directs the Department of health to conduct a study on the diagnosis, treatment, and care of transgender minors.
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H.B. 422 - Marriage Code Revisions Makes marriage language in the code gender neutral.
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Designates May 5th as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBT+ Awareness Day.
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S.B. 103 - Victim Targeting Penalty Enhancements Creates a penalty enhancement for crimes committed against an individual based on age, ancestry, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender identity, homelessness, marital status, matriculation, national origin, political expression, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or participation in law enforcement, emergency response, or the armed forces.
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