This bill amends provisions related to sex and gender.
This bill:
- replaces the term gender with sex;
- repeals provisions related to gender identity, including provisions related to housing, employment, and crime;
- prohibits amendments to the sex designation field of a birth certificate;
- amends provisions regarding student access to privacy spaces;
- requires agencies when making administrative rules to refer to biological sex using the term sex instead of gender;
- prohibits local education agencies and certain providers licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services from assigning an employee who presents while working as a sex that is different from the individual's biological sex duties that would require face-to-face and prolonged contact with a child; and
- in child custody proceedings, requires a court to view a parent's nonsupport of a child's gender identity that conflicts with the child's biological sex as a factor to favor awarding custody to that parent.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 9-20-201, 10-3-913, 10-3-918, 11-46-204, 13-47-103, 15A-3-112, 17-72-301, 17-72-408, 17-72-503, 26B-1-426, 26B-1-507, 26B-2-109, 26B-2-119, 26B-2-128, 26B-3-303, 26B-4-213, 26B-4-214, 26B-5-211, 26B-5-301, 26B-8-107, 29-2-103, 31A-22-405, 31A-22-2004, 31A-30-106, 31A-30-106.1, 32B-1-407, 34A-5-102, 34A-5-104, 34A-5-106, 34A-5-107, 34A-5-109, 34A-5-110, 34A-5-114, 35A-1-207, 42-2-5, 53-1-108, 53-6-210.5, 53-6-211, 53-8-104, 53-10-406, 53E-9-205, 53F-4-207, 53G-5-301, 53G-6-902, 53G-6-1001, 53G-6-1003, 53G-6-1004, 53G-6-1101, 53G-8-301, 57-3-107, 57-21-2, 57-21-3, 57-21-5, 57-21-6, 57-21-6.1, 57-21-7, 63G-2-301, 63G-12-302, 63G-12-401, 63G-12-402, 63G-31-101, 63G-31-201, 63G-31-301, 63G-31-303, 63N-2-104.2, 63N-4-803, 67-1-2.5, 67-1-11, 76-3-203.14, 77-7-17.5, 78A-2-110, 78B-6-2401, 79-2-203, 80-1-102, 81-9-101, 81-9-204, 81-9-402, 81-12-105, 81-12-106, 81-13-203