We are tracking 4 anti-trans bills in Hawaii in 2025. The legislation impacts 3 categories:
SPORTS
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
OTHER
Creates the requirement of school sports to designate sex-specific teams for the purpose of gender equality.
(b) Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex. c) A dispute regarding a student's sex shall be resolved by the student's school or institution by requesting that the student provide a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student's personal health care provider which must verify the student's biological sex. The health care provider may verify the student's biological sex as part of a routine sports physical examination by relying on only one or more of the following: (1) The student's reproductive anatomy; 2) The student's genetic makeup; or (3) The student's normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.
Provides that a new certificate of birth issued by the State shall include a designation of the sex of the person born, based on the genitalia of the person. Authorizes amendments of designations of sex on certificates of birth, provided that the birth registrant is an adult, and a new designation is based on the genitalia of the birth registrant, as confirmed by a physician or physician's assistant. Requires certain original certificates to be unsealed and new certificates to be marked as amended with regard to sex designation.
The department of health shall establish, in the following circumstances, a new certificate of birth [...] The sex of the birth registrant, based on the genitalia of the birth registrant, does not align with the sex designation on the birth registrant's birth certificate; provided that the birth registrant is at least eighteen years of age;
Amends provisions relating to criteria in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that no court shall consider a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression in a custody determination.
The purpose of this Act is to exclude a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression from the list of factors courts consider in determining what constitutes the best interest of the child when awarding custody and visitation rights.
Requires the department of education to designate athletic sports teams based on the biological sex assigned to players at birth. Prevents males from participating in female sports.
The department shall require that all schools competing in interscholastic sports designate separate athletic teams based on biological sex. Athletic teams shall be designated as one of the following based on biological sex assigned at birth:(1) Male; (2) Female; or (3) Coed.