At least 26 anti-transgender bills pre-filed in 11 states
Note: This list only accounts for unique bills; duplicate or similar versions in another chamber (state House or Senate) are not listed separately.
KANSAS
Senate Bill 12, sponsored by Sen. Mike Thompson (R) and Sen. Mark Steffen (R), criminalizes providing gender-affirming care to individuals under 21 years of age.
KENTUCKY
House Bill 30, sponsored by Rep. Billy Wesley (R) and Rep. John Hodgson (R), prohibits transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.
House Bill 120, sponsored by Rep. Savannah Maddox (R) and Rep. Felicia Rabourn (R), bans gender-affirming care for individuals under 18 years of age, as well as the “aiding and abetting” of gender-affirming care for individuals under 18 years of age. The bill also prohibits any requirement that health insurance plans cover gender-affirming care.
MISSOURI
House Bill 134, sponsored by Sen. Mike Moon (R), prohibits public and charter school employees from “discuss[ing] gender identity or sexual orientation with a minor student” unless the student’s parents provide prior consent.
House Bill 183, sponsored by Rep. Jamie Burger (R), bans transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.
Senate Bill 281, sponsored by Sen. William Eigel (R), bans gender-affirming care for individuals under 18 years of age. Parents who obtain gender-affirming care for their child “shall be reported” to the state child protection services.
MONTANA
Senate Bill 99, sponsored by Sen. John Fuller (R), bans the distribution of public funds to any entity that provides gender-affirming care to minors.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
House Bill 104, sponsored by Rep. Michael Moffett (R), Rep. Dawn Johnson (R), Rep. Jeanine Notter (R), and Sen. William Gannon (R), prohibits transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.
OKLAHOMA
Senate Bill 30, sponsored by Sen. Cody Rogers (R), prohibits public school employees from (1) referring to a student “with a name other than that which appears on student’s original birth certificate” without the parents’ written consent, and (2) prohibits public school employees from referring to a student “with a pronoun other than that which corresponds to the student’s biological sex” without the parents’ written consent.
House Bill 1011, sponsored by Rep. Jim Olson (R), makes it a felony for a healthcare professional to provide gender-affirming care to any individual under 21 years of age.
Senate Bill 129, sponsored by Sen. David Bullard (R), makes it a felony for a healthcare professional to provide gender-affirming care to any individual under 26 years of age.
- This is the most extreme anti-transgender bill in the country and would force young adults to medically detransition.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Senate Bill 243, written by Sen. Joshua Kimbrell (R) and Sen. Brian Adams (R), bans gender-affirming healthcare for people under 18 years of age.
Senate Bill 274, written by Sen. Danny Verdin (R), bans gender-affirming healthcare for people under 21 years of age and requires school employees to notify parents if they “suspect” that a student has gender dysphoria or otherwise identifies as a gender different that that of their sex assigned at birth.
Senate Joint Resolution 276, written by Sen. Danny Verdin (R), would propose an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting an individual from legally changing their gender.
House Bill 3551, sponsored by Rep. Stewart Jones (R) and 27 other Republicans, bans gender-affirming healthcare for people under 18 years of age and requires school employees to notify parents if a “minor’s perception of the minor’s gender or sex is inconsistent with the minor’s sex.”
TENNESSEE
House Bill 1, sponsored by Rep. William Lamberth and 35 other Republicans, bans gender-affirming healthcare for people under 18 years of age.
Senate Bill 3, sponsored by Sen. Jack Johnson (R), criminalizes drag shows as an obscenity punishable as a class A misdemeanor and up to a felony.
Senate Bill 5, sponsored by Sen. Janince Bowling (R), bans gender-affirming healthcare for people under 18 years of age and requires public school employees to notify parents if a minor “has exhibited symptoms of gender dysphoria, gender nonconformity, or otherwise demonstrates a desire to be treated in a manner incongruent with the minor’s sex.”
TEXAS
Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, sponsored by Sen. Bob Hall (R) and Sen. Donna Campbell (R), “express[es] support for ending ‘gender-affirming care’ and condemn[s] the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, and Children’s Hospital Association for their attempt to suppress objections to such treatment.”
House Bill 14, sponsored by Rep. Steve Toth (R), prohibits liability insurance coverage for healthcare providers who provide gender-affirming care to individuals under 18 years of age.
House Bill 643, introduced by Rep. Jared Patterson (R), criminally charges venues that have drag shows—defined as any cross-dressing or transgender performer, regardless of content—if the venue permits minors to enter at any time.
House Bill 672, sponsored by Rep. Cole Hefner (R), formalizes Gov. Abbott’s 2022 directive defining gender-affirming care as child abuse. Under the bill, “administering or supplying, or consenting to or assisting in the administration or supply of, a puberty suppression prescription drug or cross-sex hormone to a child, other than an intersex child, for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment,” is classified as child abuse.
UTAH
Senate Bill 16, sponsored by Sen. Michael Kennedy (R), prohibits gender-affirming care for individuals under 18 years of age.
VIRGINIA
Senate Bill 791, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Chase (R), prohibits gender-affirming care for individuals under 18 years of age.
House Bill 1387, sponsored by Del. Karen Greenhalgh (R), bans transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.
House Bill 1707, sponsored by Del. Tara Durant (R), mandates that school employees out transgender or non-binary students to their parents.