We are tracking 13 anti-trans bills in Utah in 2025. The legislation impacts 8 categories:
OTHER
CHILD ABUSE
EDUCATION
INCARCERATION
BATHROOM
PERFORMANCE
SPORTS
HEALTHCARE
A government entity or an employee of a a government entity within a classroom of a school within the public education system, may not: (a) display a flag in or on the grounds of government property; or (b) display an exempt flag described in Subsection (3) with alterations in color, symbols, or appearance.
(b) A peace officer or a child welfare caseworker may not take action under Subsection (2)(a) solely on the basis of: [...] (iii) a parent's agreement or disagreement with a minor child of the couple's: (A) assertion that the child's gender identity is different from the child's biological sex; or (B) practice of having or expressing a different gender identity than the child's biological sex.
An employer may not pursue disciplinary action against an employee solely because the employee: (a) in good faith, uses a pronoun or other gender-specific language in relation to another individual that conflicts with the individual's personal gender-specific language preference; or (b) because of the employee's sincerely held religious or moral belief, uses a pronoun or other gender-specific language in relation to another individual that conflicts with the individual's personal gender-specific language preference. (2) If an employer implements a rule or policy that requires an employee to use gender-specific language to accommodate another individual's personal gender-specific language preference, the employer shall: (a) ensure that the rule or policy exempts from disciplinary action an employee described in Subsection (1); and (b) notify employees in writing of the exemptions described in this section.
The department may not initiate any of the following procedures or treatments for inmates: (a) a cross-sex hormone treatment; (b) a primary sex characteristic surgical procedure; or (c) a secondary sex characteristic surgical procedure.
Sex-designated privacy spaces in public schools. (1) To preserve the individual privacy of male and female students in the public education system, a student may only access an operational sex-designated privacy space within a public school that is designated for student use if the student's sex corresponds with the sex designation of the privacy space.
In considering the past conduct and demonstrated moral standards of each party under Subsection (4)(d) or any other factor a court finds relevant, the court may not: [...] (b) discriminate against a parent based upon the parent's agreement or disagreement with a minor child of the couple's: (i) assertion that the minor child's gender identity is different from the minor child's biological sex; (ii) practice of having or expressing a different gender identity than the minor child's biological sex; or (iii) sexual orientation.
(i) "Adult-oriented performance" means a live performance that is harmful to minors. (ii) "Adult-oriented performance" includes, if harmful to minors: [...] (D) sexually oriented dancing [...] or (E) an act of lewdness
A peace officer or a child welfare caseworker may not take action under Subsection (2)(a) on the sole or partial basis that, with regard to a parent's minor child, a parent: (i) asserts that the gender or gender identity of the minor child is the same as the minor child's biological sex at birth; or (ii) does not allow, authorize, accommodate, or support: (A) hormonal transgender treatment for the minor child; or (B) a primary sex characteristic surgical procedure or secondary sex characteristic surgical procedure for the minor child.
Women Veterans Day, on June 12, in recognition of the Women's Armed Forces Integration Act of 1948, to: (i) commemorate the right of biological women to serve as permanent, regular members of the United States Armed Forces; and (ii) honor the contributions and sacrifices of biological women who are serving or have served in times of peace and war;
Public funding for transgender procedures prohibited. A governmental entity may not expend public funds to pay or otherwise reimburse, either directly or indirectly, any person for the performance of: (1) hormonal transgender treatment [...] (2) a primary sex characteristic surgical procedure [...] or (3) a secondary sex change characteristic surgical procedure.
(2)(a) A court may grant a petition ordering a sex designation change on a birth certificate if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the individual seeking the sex designation change: [...] (iv) has transitioned from the sex designation of the biological sex at birth to the sex sought in the petition; (v) has outwardly expressed as the sex sought in the petition in a consistent and uniform manner for at least six months; and (vi) suffers from clinically significant distress or impairment due to the current sex designation on the birth certificate.
A physician may exercise a conscientious objection if providing the medical service would conflict with the physician's medical, moral, religious, or ethical beliefs.