We are tracking 47 anti-trans bills in Missouri in 2024. The legislation impacts 8 categories:
EDUCATION
HEALTHCARE
PERFORMANCE
BATHROOM
OTHER
MARRIAGE
SPORTS
CIVIL RIGHTS
No employee or independent contractor shall knowingly address, identify, or refer to a student by pronouns that are different from the pronouns that align with such student's biological sex unless the public school or school board receives written permission from the student's parent. 3. No public school or school board shall require an employee or independent contractor to address, identify, or refer to an individual by pronouns that are different from the pronouns that align with such individual's biological sex if such usage is contrary to such employee's or independent contractor's religious or moral convictions. 4. Each public school and school board shall adopt and implement a policy that is substantially similar to the provisions of this section.
No person or institution shall be: (1) Denied or discriminated against in the receipt of any public benefit, assistance, or privilege whatsoever; or (2) Denied or discriminated against in any public or private employment by any means including, but not limited to, any adverse action related to hiring, promotion, advancement, transfer, licensing, education, training, or granting of hospital privileges or staff appointment on the grounds that the person or institution refuses to perform, assist, or participate in medical procedures, treatments, counseling, prescriptions, or surgeries related to sex reassignment or gender identity transitioning
A school district or charter school shall notify the parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in the district or school of:[...] (1) The basic content of the district's or school's human sexuality instruction to be provided to the student as well as any curriculum, material, test, survey, questionnaire, activity, or instruction of any kind related to sexual orientation and gender identity, regardless of whether offered as part of human sexuality instruction or as part of any other class, activity, or program; and (2) The parent's right to remove the student from any part of the district's or school's human sexuality instruction or from any part of a curriculum, material, test, survey, questionnaire, activity, or instruction of any kind related to sexual orientation and gender identity, regardless of whether offered as part of human sexuality instruction or as part of any other class, activity, or program
"Adult cabaret performance", a performance that appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an adult cabaret that features [...] male or female impersonators who provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless of whether performed for consideration;
(a) Requiring employees to share restroom or locker room facilities with members of the opposite sex can create a hostile work environment; and (b) It is in the public interest to ensure that all employees have access to restroom and locker room facilities that correspond to his or her biological sex. (2) The general assembly hereby declares that it is the public policy of this state to prohibit employers from requiring employees to share multiple-occupancy restrooms or changing areas or locker room facilites with members of the opposite sex
A public entity shall not enter into a contract with a company to acquire or dispose of services, supplies, information technology, or construction unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in and shall not, for the duration of the contract, engage in any kind of economic boycott.
The term "financial" shall not include any action taken, or factor considered, by a fiduciary with any purpose to further social, political, or ideological interests. A fiduciary may reasonably be determined to have taken an action, or considered a factor, with a purpose to further social, political, or ideological interests based upon evidence indicating such a purpose including, but not limited to, any fiduciary commitment to further, through portfolio company engagement, board or shareholder votes, or otherwise as a fiduciary, any of the following beyond what controlling federal or state law requires: [...] Access to abortion, sex or gender reassignment treatment, or transgender surgery
2. If a student approaches a school official to express discomfort or confusion about the student's documented identity, the school official shall notify the student's parent of the discussion within twenty-four hours. 3. If a student asks a school official to refer to the student using personal pronouns that are associated with a gender other than the student's documented identity, the school official shall notify the student's parent of the discussion within twenty-four hours. 4. A school official shall not allow a student to use a name in class other than the name provided by the student's parent when registering the student without first obtaining written permission from the student's parent.
A notarized attestation of the intent to convert a standard marriage license to a covenant marriage license shall be in the following form: "DECLARATION OF INTENT TO CONVERT TO COVENANT MARRIAGE A COVENANT MARRIAGE We solemnly declare that we believe that marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman who agree to live together as husband and wife for as long as they both live.
"Adult cabaret performance", a performance that appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an adult cabaret that features [...] male or female impersonators who provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless of whether performed for consideration;
No private school, public school district, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education shall allow any student to compete in an athletics competition that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex as correctly stated on the student's official birth certificate [...] or, if the student's official birth certificate is unobtainable, another government record.
No private school, public school district, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education shall allow any student to compete in an athletics competition that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex as correctly stated on the student'
"Adult cabaret performance", a performance that appeals to a prurient interest in a location other than an adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment, or similar entertainers, regardless of whether performed for consideration;
An individual's sex is determined by a statement of the individual's biological sex on the individual's official birth certificate or another government record. Such statement shall be deemed to have correctly stated the individual's biological sex only if the statement was: (1) Entered at or near the time of the individual's birth; or (2) Modified to correct any scrivener's error in the individual's biological sex.
Unless context or explicit definition indicates otherwise, "gender", when used alone, rather than with or as an adjective modifying other words, in preexisting state law, administrative rules, or guidelines to refer to males, females, or the natural differences between males and females, shall be considered a synonym for "sex".
Every public school shower room, locker room, and restroom designated for student use and which is accessible by multiple students at the same time shall be designated for and used only by students of the same biological sex. At no time shall a student be allowed to access a public school shower room, locker room, or restroom designated for use by the opposite biological sex.
Every public school shower room, locker room, and restroom designated for student use and which is accessible by multiple students at the same time shall be designated for and used only by students of the same biological sex. At no time shall a student be allowed to access a public school shower room, locker room, or restroom designated for use by the opposite biological sex.
Health care-related professional licensing boards shall not adopt or impose, as a condition of obtaining or renewing any license, any incentives or requirements for applicants for licensure or renewal of licensure to undergo, demonstrate familiarity with, or support any diversity, equity, and inclusion training, education, material, or program. [...] "Diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "DEI": (a) Any effort to [...] promote or promulgate training, programming, or activities designed or implemented with reference to [...] gender identity, or sexual orientation.
No funds shall be expended by any state department for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging"
As used in the laws and regulations of this state, unless clearly and specifically stated otherwise, the term "reproductive health care" shall not be construed to include gender transition surgeries or the use of cross-sex hormones or puberty blocking drugs for the purpose of a gender transition, as such terms are defined in section 191.1720, for minor children or adults.
A person commits the offense of contributing to social transition if the person is acting in his or her official capacity as a teacher or school counselor and the person provides support, regardless of whether the support is material, information, or other resources to a child regarding social transition. 2. The offense of contributing to social transition is a class E felony. 3. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Child", a person under eighteen years of age; (2) "Social transition", the process by which an individual adopts the name, pronouns, and gender expression, such as clothing or haircuts, that match the individual's gender identity and not the gender assumed by the individual's sex at birth; (3) "Teacher", as that term is defined in subdivisions (4), (5), and (7) of section 168.104.
A public entity shall not enter into a contract with a company to acquire or dispose of services, supplies, information technology, or construction unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in and shall not, for the duration of the contract, engage in any kind of economic boycott. [...] "Economic boycott", refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any commercial action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, limit commercial relations with, or change or limit the activities of a company because the company, without violating controlling federal or state law:[...] (e) Does not facilitate, is not expected to facilitate, or does not commit to facilitate access to abortion, sex or gender change, or transgender surgery or medical treatments;
The performance of a gender transition surgery or the prescription or administration of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to an individual under eighteen years of age in violation of this section shall be considered unprofessional conduct and any health care provider doing so shall have his or her license to practice revoked by the appropriate licensing entity or disciplinary review board with competent jurisdiction in this state.
"Drag performance", a performance in which a performer exhibits a gender that is different from the performer's biological sex as assigned at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers and sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs before an audience for entertainment
A written statement of the parties' intent to enter into a covenant marriage that shall be in the following form: (2) A notarized attestation declaring the following and to be in the following form: "DECLARATION OF INTENT TO ENTER INTO COVENANT MARRIAGE A COVENANT MARRIAGE We solemnly declare that we believe that marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman who agree to live together as husband and wife for as long as they both live.
A public school or school district employee or contractor shall not [...] use any name to address or refer to a student other than the name provided by such student's parents when enrolling the student in school, or a derivative of such name, without the written permission of such student's parents.
In every public school setting in which a minor may be in a state of undress in the presence of other people, school personnel shall provide separate, distinct areas designated for use by minors based on their biological sex to ensure the personal privacy and safety of minors
As used in the laws and regulations of this state, unless clearly and specifically stated otherwise, the term "reproductive health care" shall not be construed to include gender transition surgeries or the use of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs for the purpose of gender transition, as such terms are defined in section 191.1720, for minor children or adults.
The performance of a gender transition surgery or the prescription or administration of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to an individual under eighteen years of age in violation of this section shall be considered unprofessional conduct and any health care provider doing so shall have his or her license to practice revoked by the appropriate licensing entity or disciplinary review board with competent jurisdiction in this state. 6. (1) The prescription or administration of cross72 sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to an individual under eighteen years of age for the purpose of a gender transition shall be considered grounds for a cause of action against the health care provider. The provisions of chapter 538 shall not apply to any action brought under this subsection. (2) An action brought pursuant to this subsection shall be brought within fifteen years of the individual injured attaining the age of twenty-one or of the date the treatment of the injury at issue in the action by the defendant has ceased, whichever is later.
2. If a student approaches a school official to express discomfort or confusion about the student's documented identity, the school official shall notify the student's parent of the discussion within twenty-four hours. 3. If a student asks a school official to refer to the student using personal pronouns that are associated with a gender other than the student's documented identity, the school official shall notify the student's parent of the discussion within twenty-four hours. 4. A school official shall not allow a student to use a name in class other than the name provided by the student's parent when registering the student without first obtaining written permission from the student's parent.
No public school shall knowingly allow a student of the male sex who is enrolled in such public school to participate on a school-sponsored athletic team that is exclusively for students of the female sex.
No school official shall encourage a student to adopt a gender identity [...] If a student approaches a school official to express discomfort or confusion about such student's biological sex, the school official shall notify such student's parents of the discussion within forty-eight hours.
"Adult cabaret performance", a performance in a location other than an adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest, or similar entertainers, regardless of whether performed for consideration.
In every public school setting in which a student may be in a state of undress in the presence of other students, school personnel shall provide separate, distinct areas designated for use by students based on their biological sex to ensure the personal privacy and safety of students.
A public entity shall not enter into a contract with a company [...] unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in and shall not, for the duration of the contract, engage in any kind of economic boycott. [...] "Economic boycott", refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any commercial action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, limit commercial relations with, or change or limit the activities of a company because the company, without violating controlling federal or state law: [...] (e) Does not facilitate, is not expected to facilitate, or does not commit to facilitate access to abortion, sex or gender change, or transgender surgery or medical treatments.