This year, 83 bills have already passed. Of those, 65 have been signed into law. 18 others have passed, but haven't yet been vetoed or signed.
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So far this year, 4 bills passed and subsequently vetoed. These bills are not included in our passed bills count. In cases where a veto is overridden, bills will be labeled passed and included in the passed bills count.
The following words, whenever they appear in this code, have the following meanings unless otherwise apparent from the context or otherwise explicitly defined: (1) BOY. A human male who has not yet reached adulthood. (2) FATHER. The male parent of a child or children. (3) FEMALE. When used in reference to a natural person, an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces ova. (4) GIRL. A human female who has not yet reached adulthood. (6) MALE. When used in reference to a natural person, an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces sperm. (7) MAN. An adult human of the male sex. (9) MOTHER. The female parent of a child or children.
In managing and investing an institutional fund, an institution under § 28-69- 802(4)(B), including without limitation a two-year or four-year state supported institution of higher education, shall not: [...] Select any service provider that [...] participates in any initiative or organization that has a purpose or ambition for its signatories' or members' customers, investment portfolios, or portfolio companies, to be aligned with any of the following goals beyond what is required by controlling law: [...] (C) Providing access to or facilitating an abortion, gender-reassignment, or sex-reassignment medication or procedure;
When taking an action on the accreditation or renewal of accreditation of a state-supported institution of higher education, an accrediting agency shall not: (1) Base the accrediting decision in any way on a review or consideration of DEI; (2) Collect information related to DEI; (3) Include any requirement related to DEI, including without limitation requirement of a diversity statement from a state-supported institution of higher education or any employee or contractor of a state-supported institution of higher education;
Prohibit the government from discriminating against certain individuals and organizations because of their beliefs regarding marriage or what it means to be female or male;
The state government shall not take any discriminatory action against a person whom the state government places custody of a foster or preadoptive child with [...] based on the person's: (i) Sincerely held religious belief, or intent to guide, instruct, or raise a child, based upon or in a manner that is consistent with that person's sincerely held religious belief; or (ii) Refusal to accept or support any government policy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity that conflicts with the person's sincerely held religious beliefs.
A driver’s license or identification card issued by the Office of Driver Services shall state the applicant’s gender information as “M” for male or “F” for female. [The license...] shall contain the same gender information as stated on the applicant’s identity document.
A healthcare professional who performs a gender transition procedure or a mental health professional who performs gender-affirming intervention on a minor is liable to the minor if the minor is injured, including without limitation any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury, by the gender transition procedure, gender-affirming intervention, related treatment, or the after effects of the gender transition procedure, or gender-affirming intervention, or related treatment.
When taking an action on the accreditation or renewal of accreditation of a state-supported institution of higher education, an accrediting agency shall not: (1) Base the accrediting decision in any way on a review or consideration of DEI; (2) Collect information related to DEI; (3) Include any requirement related to DEI, including without limitation requirement of a diversity statement from a state-supported institution of higher education or any employee or contractor of a state-supported institution of higher education;
A worker in the medical field, whether a contractor or employee, has the right to not facilitate or participate in an abortion, assisted suicide, or gender transition procedure or service in any manner.
It is the intent of the General Assembly to: (1) Clarify and reconcile the meaning of sex, male, and female in state law; and (2) Preserve order and dignity in women's restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters in facilities where women have traditionally been afforded privacy and safety.
A local government shall not: (1) Establish or implement a diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative; (2) Expend any state funds and shall reject any federal funds the receipt of which requires the local government to violate this section; or (3) Require a current or prospective officer, agent, administrator, employee, or contractor of local government to submit a statement or diversity statement describing his or her views on matters related to race, ethnicity, sex, color, or national origin to be considered for the purposes of hiring, evaluating, admitting, or promoting the officer, agent, administrator, employee, or contractor of local government.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide generally for competitively fair and safe student participation in middle school, high school, and college sports; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for equal athletic opportunities and safety; to provide for specific designations of teams operated or sponsored by local school systems, public schools, participating private schools, and postsecondary educational institutions in this state; to prohibit males from participating in interscholastic and intercollegiate competitions on teams designated as female; to prohibit females from participating in competition on intercollegiate teams designated as male, subject to exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Males shall not be allowed to participate in any interscholastic competition on any team that is designated as female.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to correctional institutions of state and counties, so as to prohibit the use of state funds or resources for certain treatments for state inmates; to provide for the adoption of rules and regulations by the Board of Corrections relating to such prohibitions and exceptions; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
No state funds or resources shall be used for the following treatments for state inmates: (A) Sex reassignment surgeries or any other surgical procedures that are performed for the purpose of altering primary or secondary sexual characteristics; (B) Hormone replacement therapies; and (C) Cosmetic procedures or prosthetics intended to alter the appearance of primary or secondary sexual characteristics.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for the preservation of religious freedom; to provide for the granting of relief; to provide for definitions; to provide for construction; to provide for statutory interpretation; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings and determinations; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section. (b) Government may substantially burden a person's exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person is: (1) In furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) The least restrictive means of furthering such compelling governmental interest.
“Sex,” when used to classify or describe a natural person, means the state of being either male or female as observed or clinically verified at birth. [...] “female” means an individual who has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, a reproductive system that at some point produces ova, and a “male” means an individual who has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, a reproductive system that at some point produces sperm.
EDUCATION -- Adds to existing law to allow public schools to display only certain flags and banners on school property and to prohibit schools from displaying certain flags and banners.
No flags or banners shall be displayed by a public elementary school or public secondary school that represent a political viewpoint, including but not limited to flags or banners regarding a [...] sexual orientation, gender.
MEDICAL ETHICS DEFENSE ACT -- Adds to existing law to establish the Medical Ethics Defense Act.
No health care professional, health care institution, or health care payer should be required to participate in or pay for any medical procedure, treatment, or service, or prescribe or pay for any medication, to which he objects on the basis of conscience, whether such conscience is informed by religious, moral, or ethical beliefs or principles. [...] "Conscience" means the ethical, moral, or religious beliefs or principles held by any health care provider. Conscience with respect to institutional entities or corporate bodies, as opposed to individual persons, is determined by reference to that entity's or body's governing documents, including but not limited to any published ethical, moral, or religious guidelines or directives, mission statements, constitutions, articles of incorporation, bylaws, policies, or regulations.
FLAGS -- Amends existing law to provide that a governmental entity shall only display certain flags.
A governmental entity shall not display a flag on its property other than the following: (a) The United States flag; (b) The official flag of a governmental entity as defined in this section; (c) Official flags of any state in the United States; (d) Official flags of any of the military branches and units of the United States; (e) The POW/MIA flag [...] and (f) Official flags of Indian tribes.
EDUCATION -- Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions requiring permission for instruction addressing human sexuality.
"Human sexuality" means sexual conduct, sexual pleasure, sexual intimacy, sexual abuse, sexual violence, eroticism, pornography, deviant sexual behavior, sexual attraction, sexual orientation, or any form of sexual identity, gender identity, gender ideology, or gender conversion.
PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF WOMEN -- Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding safety and privacy in certain covered entities and to provide for remedies.
SAFETY AND PRIVACY IN COVERED ENTITIES. (1) Any covered entity shall designate each multi-occupancy restroom, changing room, and sleeping quarters for the exclusive use by either females or males. (2) Every restroom, changing room, or sleeping quarters within a covered entity that is designated for females or males shall only be used by members of that sex. No individual shall enter a restroom, changing room, or sleeping quarters that is designated for females or males unless such individual is a member of that sex. (3) A covered entity shall take reasonable steps to provide individuals with privacy in restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters from members of the opposite sex
MEDICAID -- Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide that legislative approval is required for certain state plan amendments and waivers and to provide legislative approval for certain state plan amendments and waivers.
MEDICAID EXPANSION LIMITS. (1) The department of health and welfare is authorized to and shall submit to the centers for medicare and medicaid services the following state plan amendments and waivers no later than July 1, 2026: [...] (d) Implement the following changes to benefits: [...] (ii) No funds shall be used to fulfill any gender reassignment procedures, including treatment and surgery for any resident eighteen (18) years of age or older.
EDUCATION -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding parental rights in education.
A public school shall be required to adopt procedures and policies that prohibit classroom instruction by public school personnel on sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten through grade 12.
APPROPRIATIONS -- HEALTH AND WELFARE -- BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES -- Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS REGARDING RACE OR GENDER. The Department of Health and Welfare's Division of Behavioral Health shall ensure no appropriated funds are used for training or programming that advances diversity, equity, and inclusion; critical race theory; or transgender ideology; or for other programs that distribute or restrict funding based on composable criteria of race or gender.
BOISE STATE VOLLEYBALL -- States findings of the Legislature and provides for commendation of the Boise State University women's volleyball team.
The Legislature commends the Boise State University women's volleyball team for its principled stand in defending the integrity of women's athletics [...] and reaffirms [...] the Idaho Fairness in Women's Sports Act, and Governor Little's Executive Order 2024-08, which demonstrate Idaho's unwavering dedication to preserving fairness, equality, and the integrity of women's sports.
TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL SERVICES -- Adds to existing law to provide for transparency in financial services.
A financial institution shall not: (a) Discriminate in the provision of financial services to a person; [...] "Discriminate in the provision of financial services" means utilizing a social credit score to directly or indirectly decline to provide full and equal enjoyment in the provision of financial services. [...] "Social credit score" means any analysis, rating, scoring, list, or tabulation that evaluates any of the following: [...] (iv) Any person's failure or refusal to conduct any type of racial, diversity, or gender audit or disclosure or to provide any sort of quota, preference, or benefit based, in whole or in part, on race, diversity, or gender beyond what is required by applicable law; (v) Any person's failure or refusal to facilitate or assist employees in obtaining abortions or gender reassignment services;
APPROPRIATIONS -- IDAHO COMMISSION FOR LIBRARIES -- Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2026.
RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION TO THE IDAHO COMMISSION FOR LIBRARIES; [...] State-appropriated funds shall not be utilized to support diversity, equity, inclusion, or social justice ideology as part of any activities, clubs, events, or organizations. Each library that receives state-appropriated funds shall submit a written report of its expenditures related to these activities to the Joint Finance- Appropriations Committee and the Budget and Policy Analysis Division of the Legislative Services Office.
EDUCATION -- Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education.
RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; [...] TO PROHIBIT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OFFICES AND OFFICERS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE USE FOR CERTAIN FUNDS, TO PROHIBIT DIVERSITY TRAININGS, TO PROHIBIT BIAS REPORTING SYSTEMS, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN REQUIRED COURSES, TO PROVIDE FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTS, TO PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, TO PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION, AND TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING APPLICABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
APPROPRIATIONS -- COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES -- Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for College and Universities and the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2026.
DEI AUDITS. The Legislative Audits Division of the Legislative Services Office will audit Boise State University, Idaho State University, Lewis-Clark State College, and the University of Idaho for compliance with those portions of Idaho Code prohibiting or relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. Legislative Audits will bill the respective institutions for these audits. The Legislative Audits Division will report its findings to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee by December 1, 2025.
Student eligibility in interscholastic sports. Requires, for purposes of interscholastic athletic events, state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions to expressly designate an athletic team or sport as one of the following: (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport. (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or sport. (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport. Prohibits a male, based on the student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, from participating on an athletic team or sport designated as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport. Requires state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions to establish grievance procedures for a violation of these provisions. Establishes a civil action for a violation of these provisions. Provides that state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions are not subject to liability in a civil, administrative, disciplinary, or criminal action for acting in compliance with these provisions.
A male, based on a student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, may not participate on an athletic team or sport designated under this section as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport.
Reporting of child abuse or neglect. Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met. Requires that if a report of suspected child abuse or neglect alleges that a staff member, youth coach, or volunteer of an institution, school, facility, organization, or agency is the abuser, law enforcement shall investigate to determine whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew that the alleged abuse was happening and failed to report the alleged abuse. Allows law enforcement to consider certain facts when determining whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew about the alleged abuse. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to a parent, guardian, or custodian referring to and raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex. Makes conforming changes.
"Child abuse or neglect" does not include raising or referring to a child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex.
Parental rights. Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a governmental entity for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care.
A governmental entity may not: (1) advise, direct, or coerce a child to withhold information from the child's parent; or (2) deny a child's parent access to information that: (A) is in the control of the governmental entity; (B) is requested by the child's parent; and (C) relates to the child's health care or social, emotional, and behavioral well-being.
The secretary for children and families shall not adopt, implement or enforce a policy for selection as an out-of-home or adoptive placement or custody for adoption [...] that: (1) Requires a person to affirm, accept or support any governmental policy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity that may conflict with the person's sincerely held religious or moral beliefs; or (2) prohibits selection, appointment or licensure, if otherwise eligible, of a person because of such person's sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity or intent to guide or instruct a child consistent with such beliefs.
The secretary of administration [...] shall certify to the members of the state finance council that all state agencies have: (1) Eliminated any positions that relate to diversity, equity and inclusion; (2) eliminated any mandates, policies, programs, preferences and activities relating to diversity, equity and inclusion; (3) eliminated any training requirements in diversity, equity and inclusion for any employee; (4) canceled any state grants or contracts relating to diversity, equity and inclusion; and (5) removed gender identifying pronouns or gender ideology from email signature blocks on state employee's email accounts and any other form of communication.
Prohibiting healthcare providers from treating a child whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex; authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments; restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning; prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children; requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatments; adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians; amending K.S.A. 65-2837 and repealing the existing section.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from influencing the composition of the student body or scholarship recipients on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from implementing a student housing assignment plan on the basis of religion, race, color, or national origin with designated exceptions; from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the promotion of discriminatory topics, or bias incident investigations; from soliciting statements on an applicant's experience with or views on religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from requiring a course dedicated to discriminatory concepts; or disseminating or profiting from any research, work product, or material that promotes or justifies discriminatory concepts; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from requiring any individual to endorse or condemn a specific ideology or viewpoint; prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin or from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion or discriminatory topics; establish exclusions for legal compliance; require each governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to ensure compliance with specific sections of this Act no later than June 30, 2025; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action for a writ of mandamus to compel the council or a public postsecondary education institution to comply; create a cause of action to permit a qualified individual to file a civil action against council or a public postsecondary education institution for injunctive relief and limited damages arising from a violation of certain sections of this Act; waive sovereign and governmental immunity for the limited purpose of bringing this claim; prohibit retaliation; require each public postsecondary education institution to submit and publish a certified annual report on governmentally mandated discrimination to the Legislative Research Commission by October 1 each year; provide that a public postsecondary education institution or the council cannot claim a federal, state, judicial, contractual, or accreditation mandate as a defense to a civil action filed under this Act unless the policy, practice, or procedure upon which the complaint is founded is listed and clearly and accurately described in the public institution's annual report filed in accordance with this Act; require each public postsecondary education institution to provide the Personnel Cabinet and State Treasurer the name, job title, duty station, and salary or wages of each employee each month beginning January 1, 2025, and to post its itemized annual budget; amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from approving a degree, certificate, or diploma program that includes discriminatory concepts or diversity, equity, and inclusion iniatives; amend KRS 164.011, 164.131, 164.321, and 164.821 to conform; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to consider certain enumerated conditions when considering the elimination of an existing program; direct each public postsecondary education institution and the Council on Postsecondary Education to discontinue designated programs and follow designated procedures when implementing this Act; provide specific instructions for public postsecondary education institutions and the Council on Postsecondary Education to follow in implementing this Act; direct public postsecondary education institutions and the council to submit a report on implementation of this Act.
An institution shall not [...] make student housing assignments on the basis of religion, sex, race, color, or national origin unless an exception is necessary to: 1. Maintain separate living facilities for members of a single biological sex;
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against mental health care professionals, mental health care institutions, and ordained ministry for providing protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against individuals for offering information, training, and referrals for protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against parents and guardians who consent to their child receiving protected counseling services; prohibit reporting of a mental health care professional or mental health care institution to a hiring or licensing authority solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; prohibit a hiring or licensing authority from investigating a mental health care professional or mental health care institution solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; establish a civil cause of action for a person injured by a violation; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mental Health Counseling Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
The Commonwealth, any of its agencies or political subdivisions [...] shall not: (a) Discriminate against any: 1. Mental health care professional or mental health care institution for providing protected counseling services; 2. Individual or organization that provides information, training, referrals, or other support for protected counseling services; 3. Parent or guardian of a child for consenting to the child receiving or helping the child receive protected counseling services; or 4. Ordained ministry or the denominational equivalent from providing protected counseling services.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements for pharmacists when dispensing prescriptions in the event of a practitioner's death.
The Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services are hereby prohibited from expending any Medicaid funds on any of the following: (1) Cross-sex hormones when prescribed or administered primarily or solely for the treatment of gender dysphoria in amounts greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy person of the same age and sex
Amend KRS 156.070 to require child dependency, neglect, and abuse information to be included in any interscholastic athletics participation consent form; require any training for interscholastic athletics administrators and coaches to include information about mandatory reporting duties for child dependency, neglect, and abuse.
An athletic activity or sport designated as "girls" for students in grades six (6) through twelve (12) shall not be open to members of the male sex.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 197 to define terms; prohibit hormone treatment or elective surgery for gender reassignment.
Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, public funds shall not be directly or indirectly used, granted, paid, or distributed for the purpose of providing a cosmetic service or elective procedure to an inmate in a correctional facility.
President Trump issued Executive Order 14201 [that...] states that Title IX enforcement actions shall be prioritized against educational institutions and athletic associations that require female students to compete with or against men; [...] limiting competition in women's sports to student athletes assigned female at birth;
An Act To Prohibit Certain Actions Related To Diversity, Equity And Inclusion; To Define Terms; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning, The Mississippi Community College Board, The Mississippi State Board Of Education, And The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board To Ensure That Each Institution, College, And Public School Does Not Use Certain Funds For Certain Purposes; To Require All Public Schools And Public Postsecondary Education Institutions To Teach, Promote, And Distribute Information Based On The Definitions Provided In State Law; To Create Exceptions; To Require Each Institution, College, Or Public School To Submit A Report To Its Governing Board By July 30 Of Each Year Summarizing All Reported Incidents And Investigations; To Require Each Board To Submit A Report Of Incidents And Investigations To The Legislature By October 30 Each Year; And For Related Purposes.
State institutions of higher learning shall not: [...] Maintain any programs, including academic programs or courses, or offices that promote or endorse divisive concepts or concepts promoting transgender ideology, gender-neutral pronouns, heteronormativity, gender theory, sexual privilege or any related formulation of these concepts.
An Act To Create The "dignity And Safety For Incarcerated Women Act"; To Define Certain Terms As Used Under This Act; To Provide That Every Restroom And Changing Room Within A Correctional Facility That Is For Use By Incarcerated Individuals Shall Be Designated For Use By Members Of One Sex; To Prohibit Any Incarcerated Individual From Entering A Restroom Or Changing Room That Is Designated For One Sex Unless He Or She Is A Member Of That Sex; To Provide That Every Multi-occupancy Restroom, Changing Room And Sleeping Quarter Within A Correctional Facility Shall Be Designated For Exclusive Use Of Males Or Females; To Provide Certain Remedies For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
(c) "Female" means an individual who has, had, will have or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization.
(1) A covered entity shall designate each multi-occupancy restroom, changing room, or sleeping quarters for the exclusive use of females or males.
It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for an educational institution that operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for females.
The state may not penalize or take an adverse action against a person because the person declines to: (a) identify the person's pronouns; or (b) address another person by using a name other than the other person's legal name or a derivative of the other person's legal name or by using a pronoun or a title that is inconsistent with the other person's sex.
A person commits the offense of indecent exposure in a public place when the person knowingly or purposely exposes their genitals or intimate parts to members of the opposite biological sex or opposite the person's assigned sex at birth.
A school may not allow a child to attend identity instruction unless the child's parent or guardian agrees in writing to allow the child to attend. [...] A child is excused from participating in identity instruction unless the child fails to attend after the parent or guardian has agreed in writing to allow the child's attendance.
Prohibition of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in state and local government -- definition. (1) A state or local government agency may not: (a) require an employee to engage in a diversity, equity, and inclusion program; (b) spend public funds on a diversity, equity, and inclusion program; (c) spend public funds to acquire services, supplies, information technology, or goods for a diversity, equity, and inclusion program; or (d) establish, support, sustain, or employ an office or individual whose duties include coordinating, creating, developing, designing, implementing, organizing, or promoting a diversity, equity, and inclusion program.
The state government may not take a discriminatory action against a person that advertises, provides, or facilitates adoption or foster care services wholly or partially on the basis that the person: (a) has provided or declines to provide an adoption or foster care service or related service based on or in a manner consistent with the person's sincerely held religious belief; or (b) maintains policies and procedures in accordance with the person's sincerely held religious belief.
"Abused or neglected" [...] does not include a child who has been referred to or raised in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex, including in the making of related mental health or medical decisions.
No flags or banners may be displayed on state property that represent a political viewpoint, including [...] sexual orientation [or] gender.
The 69th Legislature of the State of Montana believes biological boys and men should not be allowed to play girls' and women's sports.
A health care professional or physician may be found liable under subsection (1) for an injury caused by the following treatments or the after-effects of the following treatments provided to a male patient to address the patient's perception that the patient's gender or sex is not male: (i) surgical procedures, including a penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, vulvoplasty, augmentation mammoplasty, facial feminization surgery, voice surgery, thyroid cartilage reduction, or gluteal augmentation; (ii) supraphysiologic doses of estrogen; or (iii) puberty blockers such as GnRH agonists or other synthetic drugs that suppress the production of testosterone or delay or suppress pubertal development in male minors. (5) The medical treatments listed in subsections (4)(a) and (4)(b) may be the basis of a claim under subsection (1) only when knowingly provided to address a female patient's perception that the patient's gender or sex is not female or a male patient's perception that the patient's gender or sex is not male.
"Female" means a member of the human species who, under normal development, has XX chromosomes and produces or would produce relatively large, relatively immobile gametes, or eggs, during her life cycle and has a reproductive and endocrine system oriented around the production of those gametes. An individual who would otherwise fall within this definition, but for a biological or genetic condition, is female. (b) "Male" means a member of the human species who, under normal development, has XY chromosomes and produces or would produce small, mobile gametes, or sperm, during his life cycle and has a reproductive and endocrine system oriented around the production of those gametes. An individual who would otherwise fall within this definition, but for a biological or genetic condition, is male.
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-01-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gender usage in the North Dakota Century Code.
President Donald J. Trump issued executive orders directing federal agencies to align with the administration's policy to terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI) and [...] the orders directed that employment, procurement, and contracting practices of federal contractors and subcontractors may not consider race or gender and further required every federal contract or award to certify the recipient does not operate any programs promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion which violate any applicable federal anti-discrimination laws;
To amend sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 4117.14, and 4117.15; to enact new section 3333.045 and sections 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.88; and to repeal section 3333.045 of the Revised Code to enact the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a policy that requires the institution to do all of the following: (1)(a) Prohibit all of the following: (i) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion; (ii) The continuation of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (iii) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; [...] (vi) The establishment of any new institutional scholarships that use diversity, equity, and inclusion in any manner. For any institutional scholarships existing on the effective date of this section, a state institution shall, to the extent possible, eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements.
(c) Only a person born as a biological female shall be allowed into any restroom facility which is designated for female members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, except as authorized for the operations of the House.
A student who does not meet the definition of a female may not enter a changing room, restroom, or shower room designated exclusively for females. A student who does not meet the definition of a male may not enter a changing room, restroom, or shower room designated exclusively for males.
As enacted, requires all residential educational programs in this state that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities, including staying overnight in such facilities, to segregate certain restrooms, changing areas, and showers by immutable biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 49.
All residential educational programs in this state, regardless of type or duration, that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities must segregate all restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex.
Riley Gaines
Riley Gaines campaigns against the inclusion of men in the women's division of sports, including lobbying her state representatives to pass a law that would prohibit transgender individuals from women's sports. [...] Ms. Gaines made a national and global impact by taking a courageous stand by publicly speaking about her beliefs that only women should be competing in women's sports.
As enacted, requires all residential educational programs in this state that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities, including staying overnight in such facilities, to segregate certain restrooms, changing areas, and showers by immutable biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 49.
All residential educational programs in this state, regardless of type or duration, that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities must segregate all restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex.
As introduced, specifies that certain individuals are not required to use another's preferred name or pronoun, if the preferred name or pronoun is not consistent with the individual's legal name or sex; insulates certain individuals from civil liability for using, or refusing to use, certain names or pronouns in reference to another; allows a civil action to be filed against certain employers and public schools that implement certain preferred pronoun policies or that allow certain names or pronouns to be used in reference to an unemancipated minor without first obtaining parental consent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49.
The general assembly finds that local governments are at their most effective when the employees of the local government are the most highly qualified candidates for employment with the local government and that hiring decisions should be based on merit rather than any other metric. (b) A county government shall not: [...] Decide to hire a particular candidate in order to achieve any goals to increase diversity, equity, or inclusion in the workplace.
As introduced, enacts the "Medical Ethics Defense Act." - Amends TCA Title 63.
A healthcare provider must not be required to participate in or pay for a healthcare procedure, treatment, or service that violates the conscience of the healthcare provider. [...] "Healthcare provider" means a healthcare professional, healthcare institution, or healthcare payer;
A government entity or an employee of a a government entity within a classroom of a school within the public education system, may not: (a) display a flag in or on the grounds of government property; or (b) display an exempt flag described in Subsection (3) with alterations in color, symbols, or appearance.
The department may not initiate any of the following procedures or treatments for inmates: (a) a cross-sex hormone treatment; (b) a primary sex characteristic surgical procedure; or (c) a secondary sex characteristic surgical procedure.
Sex-designated privacy spaces in public schools. (1) To preserve the individual privacy of male and female students in the public education system, a student may only access an operational sex-designated privacy space within a public school that is designated for student use if the student's sex corresponds with the sex designation of the privacy space.
In considering the past conduct and demonstrated moral standards of each party under Subsection (4)(d) or any other factor a court finds relevant, the court may not: [...] (b) discriminate against a parent based upon the parent's agreement or disagreement with a minor child of the couple's: (i) assertion that the minor child's gender identity is different from the minor child's biological sex; (ii) practice of having or expressing a different gender identity than the minor child's biological sex; or (iii) sexual orientation.
This bill: - amends which individuals in the custody of the Department of Corrections (the department) may petition to have a sex designation change on a birth certificate; - includes individuals on parole on the list of individuals to whom a government entity is not required to respond regarding certain records requests;
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend The Family Foundation of Virginia for 40 years of strengthening Virginia families;
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a public school student from being required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing; require each public school to afford the parent, custodian, or guardian of a child subject to instruction with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity advance written notification of such instruction and of their right to exempt the child from participation; prohibit a public school and the county board employees assigned to the school from knowingly giving false or misleading information to the parent, custodian, or guardian of a student regarding the student's gender identity or intention to transition to a gender that is different than the sex listed on a student's official birth certificate or certificate issued upon adoption if the certificate was issued at or near the time of the student's birth; require a public school employee to report a student's request for an accommodation that is intended to affirm the student's gender identity from a person employed by the public school to an administrator employed by the county board and assigned to the school; and require the administrator to report the student's request to the student's parent, custodian, or guardian.
No public school student may be required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity, whether it is offered as part of a health education class or program or as part of any other class or program, if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing to such participation.
The purpose of this bill is to update the state's regulation of pubertal modulation and hormonal therapy to better protect the health and safety of minors in light of recent scientific developments that further demonstrate the harm of these drugs and surgeries on minors. The bill also applies the enumerated prohibitions to physician assistants and advance practice registered nurses.
A physician assistant may not assist in providing gender reassignment surgery or provide gender altering medication to a person who is under 18 years of age.
The purpose of this bill is to define and preserve single-sex spaces in this state.
Common sex-based words have endangered women's rights and resources and have put the existence of private, single-sex spaces in jeopardy, thereby necessitating clarification of certain terms used in this code. [...] Personal privacy is a natural instinct rooted in biological realities, including the facts that males alone have the biological capability to impregnate women and that males are, on average, physically larger and stronger than women. The state should protect spaces where women have been traditionally afforded privacy and safety from acts of abuse, harassment, sexual assault, and violence committed by men, just as the state should protect women and girls' natural desire to avoid exposing their bodies to males with whom they have limited, if any, relationships.
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate divisions, officers, programs, trainings, and policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion from all departments, divisions, agencies, boards, public primary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
County board and public charter school employees shall not be [...] required to use a student’s preferred pronoun when referring to the student if the preferred pronoun is not consistent with the student’s sex;
AN ACT relating to common law, statutes and rules of construction; specifying definitions and standards for the application of a person's biological sex in law, rules or regulations; providing for the law to distinguish between accommodations for males and females; requiring the collection of vital statistics and other data to identify persons as male or female at birth; and providing for an effective date.
The terms "woman" and "girl" refer to human females, and the terms "man" and "boy" refer to human males; (v) "Mother" means a parent of the female sex; (vi) "Father" means a parent of the male sex;
AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; specifying requirements for the use of sex-designated restrooms, showers, sleeping quarters and locker room facilities at public facilities; providing for complaints and civil actions; specifying duties for public entities; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Public facilities; changing areas exclusively for members of a single sex.
AN ACT relating to the administration of government; prohibiting governmental entities from engaging in any diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy; prohibiting governmental entities engaging in institutional discrimination; prohibiting required attendance for certain programs or trainings; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; providing applicability; and providing for effective dates.
No governmental entity shall: (i) Engage in any diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy; (ii) Engage in or require instruction in institutional discrimination; (iii) Require any student, employee or contractor to attend or participate in any diversity, equity or inclusion program or training or any institutional discrimination program or training.
AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; authorizing prescribers to prescribe medications for off-label indication as specified; authorizing pharmacists to dispense medications for off-label indication as specified; providing prescribers and pharmacists immunity from disciplinary action as specified; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
A prescriber may lawfully prescribe a United States food and drug administration approved prescription drug for off-label indication, and a pharmacist is authorized to dispense a prescribed drug for off-label indication within their scope of practice pursuant to a valid prescription order.
AN ACT relating to religious freedom; creating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act; providing definitions; limiting specified governmental actions that burden religious freedom; authorizing claims and defenses against governmental action that burden religious freedom; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date.
State action shall not burden a person's right to the exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless it is demonstrated that applying the burden to that person's exercise of religion in that particular instance is: (i) Essential to further a compelling governmental interest; and (ii) The least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. (b) This act shall apply to all state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and policies, and their implementation, whether statutory or otherwise and whether adopted before, on or after the effective date of this act.
AN ACT relating to education; requiring students at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges to compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions based on their biological sex; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
No educational institution shall allow: (i) A student to compete in an athletic competition sponsored or authorized by the educational institution that is designated for the sex opposite to the student's sex; (ii) A male student to compete in an athletic competition that is mixed-sex in a position that is designated by rule or procedure for female students
AN ACT relating to school districts; requiring public school children to use restrooms, sex‑designated changing facilities and sleeping quarters that align with their sex at birth; requiring reasonable accommodations; providing exceptions; providing penalties; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
Ensure that each school district in the state requires every multiple occupancy restroom or changing room be designated for the exclusive use of the male sex or the exclusive use of the female sex. School districts that are found to be in noncompliance with this requirement shall lose their accreditation under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(ii) and 21-2-304(b)(ii).
AN ACT relating to the administration of government; prohibiting the state and its political subdivisions from requiring the use of preferred pronouns; authorizing a civil remedy; and providing for an effective date.
The state and its political subdivisions shall not compel or require an employee to refer to another employee using that employee's preferred pronouns.
1. "Boy" means a human male who has not yet reached adulthood. [...] 3. "Father" means a male parent of a child or children as defined by law. 4. "Female", when used in reference to a natural person, means an individual who has, naturally had, will have or would have, but for a developmental anomaly or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces ova. 5. "Girl" means a human female who has not yet reached adulthood. 6. "Male", when used in reference to a natural person, means an individual who has, naturally had, will have or would have, but for a developmental anomaly or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces sperm for fertilization of female ova. 7. "Man" means an adult human of the male sex. 8. "Mother" means a female parent of a child or children as defined by law.
A health care entity shall give a parent access to any electronic portal and any other HEALTH care delivery platform that is separate but equal to the minor child's access throughout the minority of the parent's child. [...] This right includes access to written and electronic medical records for services that do not require parental consent.
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Eligibility And To Modify Age And Income And Eligibility Criteria To Reflect The Current Criteria; To Require The Division Of Medicaid To Submit A Waiver By July 1, 2025, To The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services (cms) To Authorize The Division To Conduct Less Frequent Medical Redeterminations For Eligible Children Who Have Certain Long-term Or Chronic Conditions That Do Not Need To Be Reidentified Every Year; To Provide That Men Of Reproductive Age Are Eligible Under The Family Planning Program; To Conform With Federal Law To Allow Children In Foster Care To Be Eligible Until Their 26th Birthday; To Eliminate The Requirement That The Division Must Apply To Cms For Waivers To Provide Services For Certain Individuals Who Are End Stage Renal Disease Patients On Dialysis, Cancer Patients On Chemotherapy Or Organ Transplant Recipients On Antirejection Drugs; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The Provisions That Provide For Medicaid Services To Comply With Federal Law; To Eliminate The Option For Certain Rural Hospitals To Elect Against Reimbursement For Outpatient Hospital Services Using The Ambulatory Payment Classification (apc) Methodology; To Require The Division To Update The Case-mix Payment System And Fair Rental Reimbursement System As Necessary To Maintain Compliance With Federal Law; To Authorize The Division To Implement A Quality Or Value-based Component To The Nursing Facility Payment System; To Require The Division To Reimburse Pediatricians For Certain Primary Care Services As Defined By The Division At 100% Of The Rate Established Under Medicare; To Require The Division To Reimburse For One Pair Of Eyeglasses Every Two Years Instead Of Every Five Years For Certain Beneficiaries; To Authorize Oral Contraceptives To Be Prescribed And Dispensed In Twelve-month Supply Increments Under Family Planning Services; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse Ambulatory Surgical Care (asc) Based On 90% Of The Medicare Asc Payment System Rate In Effect July 1 Of Each Year As Set By Cms; To Authorize The Division To Provide Reimbursement For Devices Used For The Reduction Of Snoring And Obstructive Sleep Apnea; To Direct The Division To Allow Physicians At Any Hospital To Participate In Any Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program (upl), Allowable Delivery System Or Provider Payment Initiative Established By The Division, Subject To Federal Limitations On Collection Of Provider Taxes; To Provide That The Division May, In Consultation With The Mississippi Hospital Association, Develop Alternative Models For Distribution Of Medical Claims And Supplemental Payments For Inpatient And Outpatient Hospital Services; To Update And Clarify Language About The Division's Transition From The Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program (upl) To The Mississippi Hospital Access Program (mhap); To Provide That The Division Shall Maximize Total Federal Funding For Mhap, Upl And Other Supplemental Payment Programs In Effect For State Fiscal Year 2025 And Shall Not Change The Methodologies, Formulas, Models Or Preprints Used To Calculate The Distribution Of Supplemental Payments To Hospitals From Those Methodologies, Formulas, Models Or Preprints In Effect And As Approved By The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services For State Fiscal Year 2025; To Authorize The Division To Contract With The State Department Of Health To Provide For A Perinatal High Risk Management/infant Services System For Any Eligible Beneficiary That Cannot Receive Such Services Under A Different Program; To Authorize The Division To Reimburse For Services At Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers; To Extend To July 1, 2027, The Date Of The Repealer On The Provision Of Law That Provides That The Division Shall Reimburse For Outpatient Hospital Services Provided To Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries Under The Age Of Twenty-one Years By Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospitals, Which Was Repealed By Operation Of Law In 2024; To Limit The Payment For Providing Services To Mississippi Medicaid Beneficiaries Under The Age Of Twenty-one Years Who Are Treated By A Border City University-affiliated Pediatric Teaching Hospital; To Require The Division To Develop And Implement A Method For Reimbursement Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services Based On A Continuum Of Care For Best Practices In Medically Necessary Early Intervention Treatment; To Require The Division To Reimburse For Preparticipation Physical Evaluations; To Require The Division To Reimburse For United States Food And Drug Administration Approved Medications For Chronic Weight Management Or For Additional Conditions In The Discretion Of The Medical Provider; To Require The Division To Provide Coverage And Reimbursement For Any Nonstatin Medication Approved By The United States Food And Drug Administration That Has A Unique Indication To Reduce The Risk Of A Major Cardiovascular Event In Primary Prevention And Secondary Prevention Patients; To Require The Division To Provide Coverage And Reimbursement For Any Nonopioid Medication Approved By The United States Food And Drug Administration For The Treatment Or Management Of Pain; To Reduce The Length Of Notice The Division Must Provide The Medicaid Committee Chairmen For Proposed Rate Changes And To Provide That Such Legislative Notice May Be Expedited; To Require The Division To Reimburse Ambulance Transportation Service Providers That Provide An Assessment, Triage Or Treatment For Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries; To Set Certain Reimbursement Levels For Such Providers; To Extend To July 1, 2029, The Date Of The Repealer On Such Section; To Amend Section 43-13-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Division To Extend Its Medicaid Enterprise System And Fiscal Agent Services, Including All Related Components And Services, Contracts In Effect On June 30, 2025, For Additional Five-year Periods If The System Continues To Meet The Needs Of The State, The Annual Cost Continues To Be A Fair Market Value, And The Rate Of Increase Is No More Than Five Percent Or The Current Consumer Price Index, Whichever Is Less; To Authorize The Division To Enter Into A Two-year Contract With A Vendor To Provide Support Of The Division's Eligibility System; To Reduce The Length Of Notice The Division Must Provide The Medicaid Committee Chairmen For A Proposed State Plan Amendment And To Provide That Such Legislative Notice May Be Expedited; To Amend Section 43-13-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Third Party Payor Requires Prior Authorization For An Item Or Service Furnished To A Medicaid Recipient, The Payor Shall Accept Authorization Provided By The Division Of Medicaid That The Item Or Service Is Covered Under The State Plan As If Such Authorization Were The Prior Authorization Made By The Third Party Payor For Such Item Or Service; To Amend Section 43-13-117.7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Division Shall Not Reimburse Or Provide Coverage For Gender Transition Procedures For Any Person; To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Quarterly Hospital Assessment May Exceed The Assessment In The Prior Quarter By More Than $3,750,000.00 If Such Increase Is To Maximize Federal Funds That Are Available To Reimburse Hospitals For Services Provided Under New Programs For Hospitals, For Increased Supplemental Payment Programs For Hospitals Or To Assist With State Matching Funds As Authorized By The Legislature; To Authorize The Division To Reduce Or Eliminate The Portion Of The Hospital Assessment Applicable To Long-term Acute Care Hospitals And Rehabilitation Hospitals If Cms Waives Certain Requirements; To Amend Section 43-13-115.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement That A Pregnant Woman Must Provide Proof Of Her Pregnancy And Documentation Of Her Monthly Family Income When Seeking A Determination Of Presumptive Eligibility; To Create New Section 41-140-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Terms; To Create New Section 41-140-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Health To Develop And Promulgate Written Educational Materials And Information For Health Care Professionals And Patients About Maternal Mental Health Conditions; To Require Hospitals Providing Birth Services To Provide Such Educational Materials To New Parents And, As Appropriate, Other Family Members; To Require That Such Materials Be Provided To Any Woman Who Presents With Signs Of A Maternal Mental Health Disorder; To Create New Section 41-140-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Any Health Care Provider Or Nurse Midwife Who Renders Postnatal Care Or Pediatric Infant Care To Ensure That The Postnatal Care Patient Or Birthing Mother Of The Pediatric Infant Care Patient, As Applicable, Is Offered Screening For Postpartum Depression And To Provide Appropriate Referrals If Such Patient Or Mother Is Deemed Likely To Be Suffering From Postpartum Depression; To Amend Section 43-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish A Medicaid Advisory Committee And Beneficiary Advisory Committee As Required Pursuant To Federal Regulations; To Provide That All Members Of The Medical Care Advisory Committee Serving On January 1, 2025, Shall Be Selected To Serve On The Medicaid Advisory Committee, And Such Members Shall Serve Until July 1, 2028; And For Related Purposes.
43-13-117.7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: [...] The division shall not reimburse or provide coverage for gender transition procedures for a person under eighteen (18) years of age any person.
AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; generally prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and mandates by state agencies and public educational institutions; conditioning the expenditure of appropriated funds as specified; specifying applicability; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
Funds and expenditures for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts prohibited. [...] (i) "Diversity, equity and inclusion" includes any of the following: [...] (D) Conducting trainings, programs or activities designed or implemented in reference to race, color, ethnicity or gender dysphonia [sic]