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IN HB1525

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2019

Primary Sponsor

Bruce Borders

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all student facilities (locker rooms, restrooms, shower rooms) in public schools and charter schools to be designated for either female or male students based on biological sex

  • Defines "biological sex" as the physical condition of being male or female, determined by chromosomes and identified at birth by anatomy

  • Restricts students to using only facilities designated for their biological sex

  • Requires schools to provide separate, private areas for students who may be in states of undress, separated by biological sex

  • Limits student athletic participation to programs matching their biological sex when schools designate programs as male or female

Legislative Description

Biological sexual identity. Provides that student facilities in public school buildings must be designated for use by female students or male students and may be used only by the students of the biological sex for which the facility is designated. Provides that if a school corporation or charter school designates athletic programs as either athletic programs for males or athletic programs for females, a student may participate only in the athletic programs corresponding to the student's biological sex.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Education

1/17/2019

Committee Referrals

Education1/17/2019

Full Bill Text

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