Defining "men" and "women"
The purpose of this bill is to define and preserve single-sex spaces in this state.
2025 Regular Session
Common sex-based words have endangered women's rights and resources and have put the existence of private, single-sex spaces in jeopardy, thereby necessitating clarification of certain terms used in this code. [...] Personal privacy is a natural instinct rooted in biological realities, including the facts that males alone have the biological capability to impregnate women and that males are, on average, physically larger and stronger than women. The state should protect spaces where women have been traditionally afforded privacy and safety from acts of abuse, harassment, sexual assault, and violence committed by men, just as the state should protect women and girls' natural desire to avoid exposing their bodies to males with whom they have limited, if any, relationships.
(1) A "woman" is an adult human of the female sex, and a "man" is an adult human of the male sex. [...] (2) A "girl" is a human female who is a legal minor, and a "boy" is a human male who is a legal minor: Provided, That the use of the term "girl" or "boy" in reference to the participation of a high-school-aged individual in a school or extracurricular program in accordance with the laws of the state shall not be understood to exclude the participation of a student who is legally an adult. [...] (3) A "mother" is a female parent of a child or children. [...] (4) A "father" is a male parent of a child or children. [...] (5) A "female", when this term is used in reference to a natural person, is an individual who naturally has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes ova for fertilization. [...] (6) A "male", when this term is used in reference to a natural person, is an individual who naturally has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
History
Date | Action |
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2025-03-18 | To Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal |
2025-03-18 | Approved by Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal |
2025-03-13 | Approved by Governor 3/12/2025 - Senate Journal |
2025-03-12 | House Message received |
2025-03-12 | To Governor 3/12/2025 |
2025-03-12 | Approved by Governor 3/12/2025 |
2025-03-11 | House Message received |
2025-03-11 | Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 89) |
2025-03-11 | Senate requests House to concur |
2025-03-11 | House received Senate message |
2025-03-11 | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 49) |
2025-03-11 | Completed legislative action |
2025-03-10 | Read 3rd time |
2025-03-07 | On 3rd reading, Special Calendar |
2025-03-07 | Passed House (Roll No. 37) |
2025-03-07 | Title amendment adopted (Voice vote) |
2025-03-07 | Communicated to Senate |
2025-03-06 | On 2nd reading, Special Calendar |
2025-03-06 | Read 2nd time |
2025-03-06 | Amendment reported by the Clerk |
2025-03-06 | Amendment adopted (Voice vote) |
2025-03-06 | Amendment reported by the Clerk |
2025-03-06 | Amendment rejected (Voice vote) |
2025-03-05 | On 1st reading, Special Calendar |
2025-03-05 | On 2nd reading, Special Calendar |
2025-03-05 | Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6/2025 |
2025-03-04 | House received Senate message |
2025-03-04 | Introduced in House |
2025-03-04 | Reference dispensed |
2025-03-04 | Immediate consideration |
2025-03-04 | Read 1st time |
2025-03-03 | On 3rd reading |
2025-03-03 | Read 3rd time |
2025-03-03 | Passed Senate (Roll No. 52) |
2025-03-03 | Ordered to House |
2025-02-28 | On 2nd reading |
2025-02-28 | Read 2nd time |
2025-02-27 | On 1st reading |
2025-02-27 | Read 1st time |
2025-02-26 | Committee substitute reported |
2025-02-13 | Filed for introduction |
2025-02-13 | To Judiciary |
2025-02-13 | Introduced in Senate |
2025-02-13 | To Judiciary |