Prohibits schools and higher education institutions from disciplining students or employees for using terms based on biological sex rather than gender identity, so less recognition of and access to gender-identity-based language policies.
A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a student or district or school employee who addresses a student or district or school employee in terms consistent with the biological sex of the student or employee.
Prohibits public employers from disciplining employees for using terms based on biological sex rather than gender identity, so less recognition of and access to gender-identity-based language policies in public workplaces.
A public employer may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against an employee of the public employer who addresses another employee or person in terms consistent with the biological sex of the employee or person.
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Filed (completed)
Committee (completed)
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-05-23: Committee report sent to Calendars
Filed
2025-03-06
Sponsor
Bryan Hughes R, John Smithee R + 5 cosponsors (5 R)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds protections in K-12 schools, higher education, and public employment for using biological-sex-based terms when addressing others, which restricts legal recognition of and access to gender-identity-based pronouns or terms. It explicitly does not authorize harassment and preserves anti-bullying policies.
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