We are tracking 6 anti-trans bills in Massachusetts in 2025. The legislation impacts 3 categories:
HEALTHCARE
SPORTS
EDUCATION
Relative to insurance coverage for gender-affirming health care services. Financial Services.
Any coverage offered by the commission to an active or retired employee of the commonwealth insured under the group insurance commission that covers gender-affirming health care services, defined pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 9A, shall provide coverage for detransition-related treatment.
House bill No. 4005, as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. April 9, 2025.
No public school shall allow a male student athlete to participate on a girls’ sports team nor shall a public school allow a female athlete to participate on a boys sports team.
Relative to procedures for parental notification of changes to the mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being of students. Education.
Instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity shall not occur in Kindergarten through Grade 3.
Relative to sports teams at public schools. Education.
No public school shall require any student athlete on a single-sex sports team to participate in a match, or any part thereof, against an opposing team that includes one or more athletes of the opposite sex. No penalty, including but not limited to loss of playing time or loss of starting status, shall be imposed by a public school on such a student athlete for refusing to play in such a match.
Relative to sports teams at public schools. Education.
No public school shall require any student athlete on a single-sex sports team to participate in a match, or any part thereof, against an opposing team that includes one or more athletes of the opposite sex. No penalty, including but not limited to loss of playing time or loss of starting status, shall be imposed by a public school on such a student athlete for refusing to play in such a match.
For legislation to ensure that no public school shall require any student athlete on a single-sex sports team to participate in a match, or any part thereof, against an opposing team that includes one or more athletes of the opposite sex. Education.
No public school shall require any student athlete on a single-sex sports team to participate in a match, or any part thereof, against an opposing team that includes one or more athletes of the opposite sex.