ID H0538

Prohibits government employees from being subject to adverse employment action for declining to identify their pronouns or address others using names or pronouns inconsistent with biological sex.

Requires school and higher education employees to obtain written parental permission before addressing unemancipated minor students by names or pronouns inconsistent with the student's sex, and protects such employees from adverse employment action for declining to do so without permission.

Prevents public school and higher education students from facing adverse disciplinary action for declining to identify their pronouns or address others using names or pronouns inconsistent with biological sex.

Creates a private cause of action allowing any person harmed by violations to seek injunctive relief, monetary damages, reasonable attorney's fees and costs, with a two-year statute of limitations from the date of violation.

Effective July 1, 2024, and delegates rulemaking authority to the Idaho commission on human rights to administer the provisions.