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AZ SCR1013
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/24/2024
Primary Sponsor
John Kavanagh
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AI Summary
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Requires public schools to provide reasonable accommodations (single-occupancy restrooms, employee facilities) to students unwilling or unable to use multi-occupancy facilities designated for their biological sex, with written requests and proof of sex required.
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Prohibits school employees and contractors from addressing, identifying, or referring to students under 18 by pronouns or names differing from their biological sex without written parental permission, with exceptions for religious or moral objections.
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Defines "biological sex" as immutable characteristics determined by anatomy, physiology, genetics, and hormones at time of birth, with "satisfactory evidence" including original or corrected birth certificates with physician attestation.
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Creates private cause of action allowing students to sue schools for monetary damages, attorney fees, and costs if denied reasonable accommodations or if encountering opposite-sex individuals in designated facilities due to school permission, with two-year statute of limitations.
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Requires school districts and charter schools to adopt policies implementing these provisions and authorizes exceptions for ADA accommodations, emergency assistance, and maintenance when facilities are unoccupied.
Legislative Description
Schools; biological sex; requirements
Prohibition
Last Action
Senate third reading FAILED voting: (15-14-1-0)
2/26/2024