We are tracking 10 anti-trans bills in Michigan in 2024. The legislation impacts 6 categories:
OTHER
BATHROOM
HEALTHCARE
CIVIL RIGHTS
SPORTS
INCARCERATION
This act may be cited as the "Michigan religious freedom restoration act". [...] Sec. 5. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability. (2) Government may substantially burden a person's exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to that person's exercise of religion in that particular instance is both of the following: (a) In furtherance of a compelling governmental interest. (b) The least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. (3) A person whose religious exercise has been burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in any judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain appropriate relief, including equitable relief, against government.
A bill to require that certain educational institutions in this state, when providing students with multiple occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and similar facilities, do so in a manner that ensures each student's privacy from individuals of the opposite biological sex […] “Biological sex” means the physical condition of being male or female, as stated on an individual's original birth certificate.
A person is guilty of child abuse in the first degree if either of the following applies: (a) The person knowingly or intentionally causes serious physical harm or serious mental harm to a child. (b) The person knowingly or intentionally consents to, obtains, or assists with a gender transition procedure for a child. For purposes of this subdivision only, "person" means a child's parent or guardian or any other person who cares for, has custody of, has authority over a child regardless of the length of time that a child is cared for, in the custody of, or subject to the authority of that person, or a physician or other licensed medical professional.
A public school shall ensure that every multiple-occupancy restroom or changing area designated for pupil use must be used by individuals based only on biological sex.
(1) A person shall not provide a puberty-blocking drug to a minor to delay or suppress pubertal development in that minor to assist that minor with a gender transition. (2) A person shall not provide genital gender reassignment surgery to a minor. (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years.
Though an individual in a sporting event participates in the competition designated for members of the opposite biological sex, official awards, rankings, and records of results shall nonetheless be categorized consistent with each competitor's biological sex.
A strip search that is conducted on a prisoner in a state correctional facility must be performed by an individual of the same biological sex as the prisoner.
"Female" means an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova. [...] "Woman" and "girl" mean human females. [...] "Mother" means a parent of the female sex.