Requiring employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student's biological sex and birth certificate and authorizing a cause of action for violations therefor.
2025-2026 Regular Session
(b) No employee of a school district or postsecondary educational institution, regardless of such employee's official duties, shall address a minor or student with a: (1) Pronoun or title that is inconsistent with the biological sex of such minor or student unless the employee has the written permission of such minor's or student's parent; and (2) name other than the name listed on the minor's or student's birth certificate, or a derivative of such name, without the written permission of the minor's or student's parent.
(c) No employee of a school district or postsecondary educational institution shall be subject to an adverse employment action for declining to address an individual using a name other than the name listed on the individual's birth certificate or a pronoun or title that is inconsistent with the individual's biological sex.
(d) No student shall be subject to any disciplinary action for declining to address an individual using a name other than the name listed on the individual's birth certificate or a pronoun or title that is inconsistent with the individual's biological sex.
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History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Senate Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2025-01-27 | Senate Introduced |