During the 2022 legislative session dozens of states will consider legislation related to LGBTQ discrimination. Some bills will seek to advance the comprehensive nondiscrimination laws that LGBTQ people so sorely need, while others will almost certainly attempt to single out and target LGBTQ people for unfair and unequal treatment. Freedom for All Americans tracked each relevant bill in our 2022 Legislative Tracker, in partnership with the Equality Federation.
Below, find anti-transgender legislation and policies filed.
All Anti-Trans Bills
To enact sections 3129.01, 3129.02, 3129.03, 3129.04, 3129.05, 3129.06, 3129.07, and 3129.08 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain procedures to alter a minor child’s sex and to designate this act as the Save Adolescents from Experimentation…
11/16/2022: House Families, Aging, and Human Services 5th Hearing, Opponent Testimony (10:00 11/16/2022 Room 122)
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and
creating causes of action for harms suffered by designation.
07/08/2022: Veto No. 7
Biological sex; interscholastic athletics
06/24/2022: Assigned to Senate RULES Committee
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled “The state school aid act of 1979,” by amending sections 6, 6a, 11, 11a, 11j, 11k, 11m, 11s, 15, 18, 20, 20d, 20f, 20m, 21b, 21f, 21h, 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22m, 22p, 24, 24a, 25f, 25g, 25i, 26a, 26b, 26c,…
06/23/2022: Referred To Conference Committee 06/23/2022
A bill for an act relating to student eligibility requirements in school district, accredited nonpublic school, regent institution, community college, and certain other institution of higher education athletics based on sex, and including effective…
06/22/2022: Fiscal note.
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.
06/08/2022: Referred to EDUCATION
Provides for the Fairness in Womens Sports Act relative to a school’s ability to offer equal opportunities to each student to participate in team sporting events on an equal basis. (8/1/22) (EGF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
06/06/2022: Effective date 8/1/2022.
Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, To Enact The “save Women’s Sports Act” By Adding Section 59-1-500 So As To Express Legislative Intent And Make Certain Findings; To Require Gender-based Or Coeducational Designation Of Certain…
05/31/2022: Act No. 193
Participation in school sports. Requires, for purposes of interscholastic athletic events, school corporations, public schools, nonpublic schools, state educational institutions, private postsecondary educational institutions, and certain athletic…
05/24/2022: Veto overridden by the Senate; Roll Call 382: yeas 32, nays 15
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of unlawful gender reassignment service; providing grounds for unprofessional conduct for healing arts licensees; amending K.S.A. 65-2837 and repealing the existing…
05/23/2022: House Died in Committee
AN ACT concerning education; relating to student athletes; creating the fairness in women’s sports act; restricting participation on women’s teams to female students; providing a cause of action for violations. 5
05/23/2022: House Died in House Committee
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of unlawful gender reassignment service; providing grounds for unprofessional conduct for healing arts licensees; amending K.S.A. 65-2837 and repealing the existing…
05/23/2022: Senate Died in Committee
AN ACT concerning education; relating to student athletes; enacting the fairness in women’s sports act; restricting participation on women’s teams to female students; providing a cause of action for violations. 5
05/23/2022: House Died in House Committee
AN ACT ENTITLED “An Act relating to school athletics, recreation, athletic teams, and sports.”
05/17/2022: BILL TABLED Y11 N8 E1
AN ACT To repeal section 193.215, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to amendments to certificates of birth.
05/13/2022: Referred: Children and Families(H)
AN ACT To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to public school athletics.
05/13/2022: Referred: General Laws(H)
AN ACT To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to middle school, high school, and college athletics.
05/11/2022: Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection
AN ACT To repeal sections 568.060 and 578.421, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to gender reassignment, with penalty provisions.
05/11/2022: Formal Calendar S Bills for Perfection
As introduced, prohibits males from participating in public higher education sports that are designated for females; creates a cause of action for violations that deprive a student of an athletic opportunity or that cause direct or indirect…
05/09/2022: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1005
As introduced, prohibits males from participating in public higher education sports that are designated for females; creates a cause of action for violations that deprive a student of an athletic opportunity or that cause direct or indirect…
05/09/2022: Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of the state education finance funds that an LEA is otherwise eligible to receive if the LEA fails or refuses to determine a student’s gender, for purposes of participation…
05/02/2022: Effective date(s) 04/22/2022, 07/01/2022
As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of the state education finance funds that an LEA is otherwise eligible to receive if the LEA fails or refuses to determine a student’s gender, for purposes of participation…
05/02/2022: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 909
Parental rights; schools; educational records
04/29/2022: Chapter 200
AN ACT To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to prevent the use of and reliance upon curricula or training programs which advocate for certain concepts, with exceptions; to provide for such…
04/28/2022: Effective Date 2022-07-01
AN ACT concerning wildlife, parks and tourism; relating to the commercialization of wildlife; updating the reference to the guidelines of the American fisheries society; amending K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 32- 1005 and repealing the existing section. 5
04/28/2022: House Motion to override veto failed; Veto sustained; Yea: 81 Nay: 41
