We are tracking 9 anti-trans bills in Pennsylvania in 2024. The legislation impacts 4 categories:
HEALTHCARE
EDUCATION
OTHER
SPORTS
An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time, providing for gender affirmation treatments.
If an individual entitled to bring a civil action arising from gender affirmation treatment is an unemancipated minor at the time the cause of action accrues, the period of minority shall not be deemed a portion of the time period within which the action must be commenced. The individual shall have until attaining 30 years of age to commence an action for damages.
An Act amending the act of December 12, 1973 (P.L.397, No.141), known as the Educator Discipline Act, further providing for immunity from liability.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to discipline or civil liability for refusing, in the absence of malice, to use an individual's preferred pronouns.
An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for civil immunity of parents or guardians.
Civil immunity of parents or guardians. A parent or guardian who, in good faith, refuses to use the preferred pronouns or consent to gender-affirming medical services of the child of the parent or guardian shall not be liable for any civil damages except any acts or omissions intentionally designed to harm the child.
An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, providing for gender identification.
Gender identification. (a) Nonconsideration of certain factors.--If a party seeks any form of custody of a child, the court, in determining the best interest of the child, may not consider the refusal of the party to: (1) use the preferred pronouns of the child; or (2) consent to gender affirmation treatment, gender transition, genital gender reassignment surgery or nongenital gender reassignment surgery.
An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for civil immunity for failing to use preferred pronouns.
Civil immunity of parents or guardians. A parent or guardian who, in good faith, refuses to use the preferred pronouns or consent to gender-affirming medical services of the child of the parent or guardian shall not be liable for any civil damages except any acts or omissions intentionally designed to harm the child.
An Act providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harms suffered by designation.
"Sex." The biological distinction between male and female based on reproductive biology and genetic makeup. Section 3. Designation of athletic teams and sports. (a) General rule.--Interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural or club athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public school entity, a public institution of higher education or any school or institution where students or teams compete against a public school entity or public institution of higher education must be expressly designated as one of the following based on sex: (1) Male, men or boys. (2) Female, women or girls. (3) Coed or mixed.
An Act prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors and coverage for gender transition procedures for minors.
Prohibition on health care practitioners.-- (1) A health care practitioner may not perform gender transition procedures on a minor or refer a minor to receive gender transition procedures. (2) A health care practitioner with prescriptive authority may not prescribe cross-sex hormones or pubertyblocking drugs to a minor or refer a minor to be prescribed cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs.
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for prohibitions regarding ideological oaths or statements, for prohibition on diversity, equity and inclusion offices and employees, for statements required to be included in mission statement, bylaws, faculty handbook and student handbook, for certain mandatory training prohibited, for revoking tenure diversity, equality and inclusion violations and for spending prohibited.
(a) Prohibition on diversity, equality and inclusion offices.--A public institution of higher education may not establish or maintain a diversity, equity and inclusion office or hire or assign an employee of the institution, or contract with a third party, to perform the duties of a diversity, equity and inclusion office.
An Act providing for classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and for parental notification of student health care services; and establishing cause of action for violation.