Prohibits state-funded employers from requiring training on gender identity as a condition of employment and bars adverse actions against employees for disagreeing with gender ideology or holding biology-based beliefs about sex, so less workplace recognition of or requirements around transgender or
It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer who receives funding from the state to require, as a condition of employment, any training, instruction, or other activity on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Defines 'gender identity' and 'gender ideology' negatively, states that sex is immutable and pronouns must match biological sex, prohibits requiring use of preferred pronouns that do not match sex, limits job forms to binary sex options, and protects employees from adverse actions for biology-based,
It is the policy of this state that a person's sex is an immutable biological trait and that it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person's sex.
Limits job applications and employment forms to only male or female options for sex, prohibiting nonbinary or other choices, so less recognition of nonbinary gender identities on state employer records.
A job application or other related employment form that requires an applicant to mark his or her sex may only inquire if the applicant is male or female and may not provide a nonbinary or other option.
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Status: Failed
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2025-06-16: Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses transgender issues by restricting recognition of gender identity in state employment practices, including pronoun usage, training requirements, definitions that prioritize biological sex, and limiting forms to binary sex options. No provisions address firearms, abortion, immigration enforcement, or custody/support topics.