We are tracking 15 anti-trans bills in Michigan in 2025. The legislation impacts 5 categories:
BATHROOM
SPORTS
HEALTHCARE
MARRIAGE
EDUCATION
An educational institution shall require every multiple occupancy restroom or changing area to be used by individuals based on the individuals' biological sex.
A bill to require awards, rankings, and records of outcomes in separate female and male sporting events to be categorized consistent with each competitor's biological sex.
The board of a school district [...] of a public school academy that participates in interscholastic athletic activities shall designate interscholastic athletic teams and sports based on the sex of the participants as follows: (a) Separate teams for participants of the female sex within female sports divisions. (b) Separate teams for participants of the male sex within male sports divisions.
A physician shall not knowingly do any of the following: (a) Perform gender reassignment surgery on a minor. (b) Prescribe a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug for a minor with the intent to assist the minor with gender transition.
(xv) Conviction of a violation of section 90 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.90, or a violation of a state or federal crime that is substantially similar to the violation described in this subparagraph. A certified copy of the court record is conclusive evidence of the conviction. (c) Prohibited acts, consisting of 1 or more of the following: (i) Fraud or deceit in obtaining or renewing a license or registration. (ii) Permitting a license or registration to be used by an unauthorized person. (iii) Practice outside the scope of a license. (iv) Obtaining, possessing, or attempting to obtain or possess a controlled substance or a drug as that term is defined in section 7105 without lawful authority; or selling, prescribing, giving away, or administering drugs for other than lawful diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. (v) A final order or judgment under the protecting minors from chemical and surgical mutilation act. A certified copy of the court record is conclusive evidence of the final order or judgment.
A health care professional shall not knowingly engage in or cause any of the following practices to be performed on a minor if the practice is performed for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or affirm the minor's psychological perception of, the sex of the minor, and the appearance or perception is inconsistent with the sex of the minor: (a) Prescribing or administering [...] any drug to suppress or delay normal puberty. (b) Prescribing or administering testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone in an amount greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the minor's age and sex. (c) Performing a surgery that sterilizes, including, but not limited to, a castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, and penectomy.
An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall provide coverage for all of the following: (a) All possible adverse consequences related to an enrollee's gender transition procedure or treatment, including any short- or long-term side effects of the procedure or treatment. (b) Any testing or screening necessary to monitor the mental and physical health of the enrollee on at least an annual basis. (c) Any procedure or treatment necessary to reverse the enrollee's gender transition procedure or treatment. (2) An insurer described in subsection (1) shall provide the coverage described in subsection (1) to an enrollee who has undergone a gender transition procedure or treatment regardless of whether the enrollee was an enrollee under the health insurance policy at the time of the procedure or treatment.
Sec. 405. This article does not prohibit an educational institution that provides educational services for any of grades K-12 and that is subject to title IX of the education amendments of 1972, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, from basing an individual's eligibility to participate in athletics on the individual's biological sex as listed on the individual's original birth certificate that was issued at or near the time of the individual's birth.
Marriage, an institution that has remained a critical aspect of society throughout thousands of years, has been defined through time by people of varying cultures and faiths as a union between one man and one woman. Obergefell arbitrarily and unjustly rejected this historical definition of marriage, instead choosing to rely on a novel, flawed interpretation of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses within the Constitution and our nation's legal and cultural precedents.
President Trump issued Executive Order 14201 [that...] states that Title IX enforcement actions shall be prioritized against educational institutions and athletic associations that require female students to compete with or against men; [...] limiting competition in women's sports to student athletes assigned female at birth;
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.
The board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy that participates in interscholastic athletic activities shall designate interscholastic athletic teams and sports based on the sex of the participants, with separate teams for participants of the female sex within female sports divisions, separate teams for participants of the male sex within male sports divisions, and, if applicable, co-ed teams for participants of the female and male sexes within co-ed sports divisions. A school district or intermediate school district shall not knowingly allow individuals of the male sex to participate on athletic teams or in athletic competitions designated for only participants of the female sex. This subsection must not be construed to restrict the eligibility of any student to participate on any interscholastic athletic teams or in interscholastic athletic activities that are designated as male or co-ed.
A health care professional shall not knowingly engage in or cause any of the following practices to be performed on a minor if the practice is performed for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or affirm the minor's psychological perception of, the sex of the minor, and the appearance or perception is inconsistent with the sex of the minor: (a) Prescribing or administering [...] any drug to suppress or delay normal puberty. (b) Prescribing or administering testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone in an amount greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the minor's age and sex. (c) Performing a surgery that sterilizes, including, but not limited to, a castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, and penectomy.
(xv) Conviction of a violation of section 90 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.90, or a violation of a state or federal crime that is substantially similar to the violation described in this subparagraph. A certified copy of the court record is conclusive evidence of the conviction. (c) Prohibited acts, consisting of 1 or more of the following: (i) Fraud or deceit in obtaining or renewing a license or registration. (ii) Permitting a license or registration to be used by an unauthorized person. (iii) Practice outside the scope of a license. (iv) Obtaining, possessing, or attempting to obtain or possess a controlled substance or a drug as that term is defined in section 7105 without lawful authority; or selling, prescribing, giving away, or administering drugs for other than lawful diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. (v) A final order or judgment under the protecting minors from chemical and surgical mutilation act. A certified copy of the court record is conclusive evidence of the final order or judgment.
An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall provide coverage for all of the following: (a) All possible adverse consequences related to an enrollee's gender transition procedure or treatment, including any short- or long-term side effects of the procedure or treatment. (b) Any testing or screening necessary to monitor the mental and physical health of the enrollee on at least an annual basis. (c) Any procedure or treatment necessary to reverse the enrollee's gender transition procedure or treatment. (2) An insurer described in subsection (1) shall provide the coverage described in subsection (1) to an enrollee who has undergone a gender transition procedure or treatment regardless of whether the enrollee was an enrollee under the health insurance policy at the time of the procedure or treatment.