Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 176
Gender dysphoria; require school personnel to notify parents of student who request to be referred to as different gender or nonhuman.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS OR OTHER PERSONNEL OF THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF ANY STUDENT IDENTIFYING AT SCHOOL AS A GENDER OR PRONOUN THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE CHILD'S SEX ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, OTHER OFFICIAL RECORDS, SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, OR IDENTIFYING AS AN ANIMAL SPECIES, EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEING OR INANIMATE OBJECT, OR USING SEX-SEGREGATED SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OR SCHOOL FACILITIES THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE CHILD'S SEX ASSIGNMENT AT BIRTH, WITHIN THREE DAYS OF BECOMING AWARE OF SUCH CONDUCT OR REQUEST BY THE AFFECTED STUDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT NO SCHOOL PERSONNEL SHALL BE DISCIPLINED OR SUFFER ANY UNLAWFUL REPRISAL FOR REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE A STUDENT BY A PREFERRED GENDER, PRONOUN, ANIMAL SPECIES, EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEING OR INANIMATE OBJECT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CHILD'S SEX ASSIGNMENT AT BIRTH; TO PRESCRIBE THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
6 co-sponsors
William Tracy Arnold, Randy P. Boyd, Larry Byrd, Dan Eubanks, Jimmy Fondren, Donnie Scoggin
Its course
January 17 to March 5, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 days
EducationJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.