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IN SB0035
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Bill No. 35 Summary
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Requires all student facilities (locker rooms, restrooms, shower rooms) in public schools and charter schools to be designated for use by only female or only male students based on biological gender.
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Defines "biological gender" as the physical condition of being male or female as determined by an individual's chromosomes and identified at birth by anatomy.
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Creates a new criminal offense of "single sex public facility trespass," a Class A misdemeanor, for knowingly or intentionally entering a facility designated for the opposite biological gender.
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Exempts students under 18 years of age, students at schools, and facilities in private residences from the criminal provisions.
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Provides legal defenses to prosecution if entry is for custodial purposes, rendering medical assistance, or accompanying a child under 8 years of age.
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Effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Single sex facilities. Provides that student facilities in school buildings must be designated for use by female students or male students, and may be used only by the students of the biological gender for which the facility is designated. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor if: (1) a male knowingly or intentionally enters a single sex public facility that is designed to be used by females; or (2) a female knowingly or intentionally enters a single sex public facility that is designed to be used by males.
Last Action
Senator Kruse added as coauthor
1/7/2016