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1 | State | Bill Number with hyperlink to legislative page/draft | Date Introduced | Status as of January 30, 2023 | Primary Sponsor | Description* *This is a summary of notable provisions. For detailed analysis of bills, see our report and monthly round-ups. | Explicitly Targets | Enforcement/Penalties* *Penalties do not necessarily apply to every provision of the bill. |
2 | Alabama | HB 7 | 1/20/2023 | Pending | Rep. Ed Oliver (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools and universities from compelling students or employees to adopt or affirm certain ideas related to race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin. Students and employees may not be required to attend any class, training, or orientation where these ideas are promoted. | Public K-12, public colleges | Professional discipline |
3 | Arizona | HB 2458 | 1/19/2023 | Pending | Rep. Beverly Pingerelli (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools and state agencies from promoting to students or employees certain concepts related to race or ethnicity. | K-12, state agencies | Monetary fine/loss of state financial support Professional discipline |
4 | Arizona | HB 2189 | 1/24/2023 | Pending | Rep. Jennifer Longdon (D) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from adopting any textbook or instructional materials that contain any matter "reflecting adversely" on people on the basis or race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or gender identity. | Public K-12 | None specified |
5 | Connecticut | SB 280 | 1/18/2023 | Pending | Sen. Robert Sampson (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from adopting a curriculum that "includes the teaching of biased political ideology or make any individual feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of the individual's race or sex." In the bill, "biased policial ideology" is defined as including certain concepts related to race or sex. | K-12 | None specified |
6 | Hawaii | HB 509 | 1/20/2023 | Pending | Rep. Diamond Garcia (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3, or thereafter in a manner that is not age or developmentally appropriate. | Public K-12 | Private right of action |
7 | Hawaii | SB 1428 | 1/25/2023 | Pending | Sen. Brenton Awa (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3, or thereafter in a manner that is not age or developmentally appropriate. | Public K-12 | Private right of action |
8 | Indiana | HB 1523 | 1/19/2023 | Pending | Rep. Bruce Borders (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from promoting certain ideas related to sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin. | K-12 | None specified |
9 | Indiana | HB 1608 | 1/19/2023 | Pending | Rep. Michelle Davis (R) | Prohibits public and private K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to "gender fluidity, gender roles, gender stereotypes, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation" in grades K-3. | Public and private K-12 | None specified |
10 | Indiana | HB 1338 | 1/17/2023 | Pending | Rep. Shane Lindauer (R) | Prohibits public and private accredited K-12 schools from promoting certain ideas related to race or sex. Public colleges and universities may not require students to attend any mandatory gender or sexual diversity training or counseling. | Public and private K-12, public colleges | None specified |
11 | Indiana | SB 413 | 1/19/2023 | Pending | Sen. Gary Byrne (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity" in grades K-12. | K-12 | Private right of action |
12 | Indiana | SB 386 | 1/19/2023 | Pending | Sen. Jeff Raatz (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from compelling or promoting belief in certain concepts related to age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin. | K-12 | Professional training |
13 | Iowa | HF 8 | 1/12/2023 | Pending | Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from providing any "program, curriculum, material, test, survey, questionnaire, activity, announcement, promotion, orinstruction of any kind relating to gender identity or sexual orientation" to student in grades K-3. | K-12 | None specified |
14 | Iowa | SF 159 | 1/26/2023 | Pending | Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-8. | Public K-12 | Private right of action |
15 | Mississippi | SB 2168 | 1/11/2023 | Pending | Sen. Brice Wiggins (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from including "what is colloquially known as 'critical race theory'" in a required history and civics class. | K-12 | None specified |
16 | Missouri | HB 634 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Rep. Ann Kelley (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from including any classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity at any grade level. | K-12 | Private right of action |
17 | Missouri | HB 75 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Rep. Ann Kelley (R) | Prohibits public K-12 school or college from requiring or making part of a course certain concepts related to race or sex. | K-12, college | None specified |
18 | Missouri | HB 482 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Rep. Ben Baker (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from directing or compelling any student or teacher to adopt or affirm an idea that violates the Civil Rights Act, including certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. Teachers and students may not be required to discuss public policy issues of the day. | K-12 | None specified |
19 | Missouri | HB 165 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Rep. Brian Seitz (R) | Bars public K-12 schools from including in a required orientation any "race or sex stereotyping". No teacher or student may be compelled to adopt or affirm certain concepts related to race or sex. No pupil in any public school shall be required to engage in any form of mandatory gender or sexual diversity training or counseling. | K-12 | Professional discipline Monetary penalty/Loss of state financial support |
20 | Missouri | HB 627 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from compelling teachers or students to adopt or affirm any idea "in violation of Title IV or Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964," including certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. | K-12 | None specified |
21 | Missouri | SB 4 | 12/1/2022 | Pending | Sen. Andrew Koenig (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from offering any course on "Critical Race Theory," or from teaching, endorsing, promoting, or compelling the adoption or affirmation of certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. Requires the Department of Education to develop and promote a "patriotic curriculum". | K-12 | Monetary penalty/Loss of state financial support Loss of accreditation |
22 | Missouri | SB 451 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Sen. Curtis Trent (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from compelling teachers or students to adopt or affirm any idea "in violation of Title IV or Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964," including certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. | K-12 | None specified |
23 | Missouri | SB 172 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Sen. Denny Hoskins (R) | Bars K-12 schools from including or promoting as part of their curricula certain ideas related to race or sex. | K-12 | None specified |
24 | Missouri | SB 134 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Sen. Mike Moon (R) | Prohibits K-12 staff from discussing with students at any grade level the concepts of "gender identity" (defined as the "psychological, behavioral, social, and cultural aspects of being a biological male or biological female") or "sexual orientation" unless that staff member is a licensed mental health care provider with parental permission. | K-12 | None specified |
25 | Missouri | SB 158 | 12/1/2022 | Pending | Sen. Nick Schroer (R) | Bars public K-12 schools from directing or compelling students or employees to discuss a public policy issue or to adopt or affirm certain ideas related to race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. | K-12 | Private right of action |
26 | Missouri | SB 42 | 1/4/2023 | Pending | Sen. Rick Brattin (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from including in their curricula the 1619 Project, "critical race theory," or "any successor concepts or theories substantially similar" to them, or certain concepts related to race or sex. Teachers may not require students to participate in any lobbying or political activism, nor may schools require teachers to discuss currently controversial topics or matters of public policy. | K-12 | Monetary penalty/Loss of state financial support |
27 | Montana | SB 222 | 1/26/2023 | Pending | Sen. Jeremy Trebas (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools and colleges from requiring any employee, as a condition of employment, to submit to an orientation or training that "espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels the individual to believe" certain ideas related to race, creed, religion, color, sex, physical or mental disability, age, and national origin. | Public K-12 and colleges | None specified |
28 | Nebraska | LB 374 | 1/12/2023 | Pending | Sen. Dave Murman (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from compelling any teacher or student to adopt, affirm, or profess any idea "in violation of Title IV or Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964," including certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, or national origin. Teachers must "endeavor to present facts without distortion, bias, or personal prejudice." | K-12 | None specified |
29 | New Hampshire | HB 619 | 1/12/2023 | Pending | Rep. Terry Roy (R) | Prohibits teachers in grades K-8 from teaching students that gender is "a choice, optional or fluid and that there are more than 2 genders: male and female." Teachers in grades 9-12 may do so, but only with parental permission and only "as a part of an approved psychology course setting where the educator is a licensed child psychologist, and they may only teach that there may be more than 2 genders in the context of teaching about the mental health condition known as gender dysphoria." No educator may teach the use of any pronouns for a person other than "he/him/his" and "she/her/hers". Schools may only refer to students by the name and gender indicated on the enrolment form submitted by their parents. | K-12 | Professional discipline Private right of action |
30 | New Jersey | A 4042 | 5/16/2022 | Pending | Rep. Eric Peterson (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from providing any classroom instruction on "sex, sex acts, abortion, birth control, sexual orientation, or gender identity" from grades K-5, nor thereafter without the express written permission of parents. | Public K-12 | Private right of action |
31 | New Jersey | A3647/A6140/SB664 | 1/11/2022 | Pending | Rep. Harold J. Wirths, Sen. Steven Oroho (R) | Bans public employers from requiring that any employee complete a training program that encourages the adoption of certain ideas related to race, sex, and other identities. | K-12, colleges, state institutions | None specified |
32 | New Jersey | S 2685 | 5/19/2022 | Pending | Sen. Edward Durr (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from promoting or using materials that promote "concepts related to critical race theory", including certain ideas related to race or sex. Creates a hotline to be used by parents to notify the state of any violation. | K-12 | Professional discipline Monetary penalty/Loss of state financial support |
33 | New Jersey | SB 598/A 783 | 1/12/2022 | Pending | Sens. Michael Testa, Joseph Pennacchio, Reps. Gerard Scharfenberger, Robert Auth (R) | Bans public schools from including certain concepts in their instruction, except when the concepts relate to specific historical events or documents. Prohibits teachers from "endorsing, supporting, or opposing" any political candidate, policy, or court decision. Requires that teachers only discuss an issue included in a political party's platform when it is germane to the subject being taught, in which case the issue must be presented in a fair-minded and nonpartisan manner. | K-12 | None specified |
34 | North Dakota | HB 1446 | 1/18/2023 | Pending | Rep. Mike Lefor (R) | Prohibits public college and university faculty from disparaging campus personnel on social media. | College | Professional discipline |
35 | North Dakota | HB 1526 | 1/18/2023 | Pending | Rep. Scott Dyk (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools and colleges from espousing, promoting, advancing, inculcating, or compeling students or employees to believe certain concepts related to race, color, sex, or national origin, or that any "virtue" is racist or sexist. Teachers may not engage in "social emotional learning," "inform a student's worldview based on emotions," or "teach a student that the student's inner feelings are capable of guiding the student's life." | K-12 | Monetary fine/loss of state financial support |
36 | North Dakota | HB 1522 | 1/24//2023 | Pending | Rep. Scott Dyk (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from establishing a place, facility, school program, or accommodation that "caters to a student's perceived or expressed gender, including a preferred gender pronoun, if the perceived or expressed gender is inconsistent with the student's sex" or that "caters to a student's perception of being any animal species other than human." | Public K-12 | Private right of action |
37 | North Dakota | SB 2247 | 1/13/2023 | Pending | Sen. Bob Paulson (R) | Prohibits public colleges and universities from including or promoting certain concepts related to race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people in any seminar, workshop, instruction, or orientation. Colleges may not ask any student or faculty member about their ideological or political viewpoint. | Colleges | None specified |
38 | North Dakota | SB 2231 | 1/12/2023 | Pending | Sen. Larry Luick (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from offering any classroom instruction or professional development program recognizing "expressed gender", defined as a gender identity other than an individual's biological sex. Further prohibits schools from adopting any policy respecting expressed gender, nor from referring to any student using a name or pronoun related to expressed gender without parental consent. Even with parental direction, a teacher may refuse to use such names or pronouns if they wish. | K-12 | None specified |
39 | Oklahoma | SB 30 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Cody Rogers (R) | Bars public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to "sexual orientation or gender identity" to students in K-6 grades or to students in grades 7-12 in a manner that is not "age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate." | K-12 | Private right of action |
40 | Oklahoma | SB 866 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. David Bullard (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction, program, test, activity, survey, or questionnaire on matters pertaining to sex education, sexual orientation, or gender identity to students in grades K-5. | K-12 | Monetary fine/loss of state financial support |
41 | Oklahoma | SB 20 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. George Burns (R) | Bars K-12 schools from requiring teachers of civics, history, and similar courses to discuss "current events or widely debated and currently controversial issues of contemporary public policy or contemporary social affairs." Those who choose to do so must teach the material from "diverse and contending perspectives." Bars K-12 schools from requiring or awarding course credit for lobbying, public policy advocacy, or any similar form of political activism. | K-12 | None specified |
42 | Oklahoma | SB 348 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Nathan Dahm (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools, colleges, and other public agencies and political subdivisions from adopting a policy or training material that promotes certian ideas related to race or sex. | K-12, colleges, state agencies | None specified |
43 | Oklahoma | SB 933 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Shane Jett (R) | Amends HB 1775 to prohibit K-12 schools from compelling the adoption or affirmation of a list of certain concepts, to which are added as categories ethnicity and national origin. | K-12 | Monetary fine/loss of state financial support Private right of action |
44 | Oklahoma | SB 973 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Shane Jett (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-6. Any instruction offered in grades thereafter shall give equal time to "the two-gender perspective". | K-12 | None specified |
45 | Oklahoma | SB 935 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Shane Jett (R) | Prohibits public and private accredited K-12 schools from including or promoting "critical race theory" or certain ideas related to race, sex, or other classes of people. Recognizes "secular humanism" as a religion for the purposes of the First Amendment, thereby prohibiting any public agency from promoting its tenets or compelling their adoption or affirmation. Lawsuits against school districts believed to have violated this bill may be brought by parents of students or any taxpayer in the state. | Public and private K-12 | Private right of action Professional discipline |
46 | Oklahoma | SB 937 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Shane Jett (R) | Prohibits public and accredited private K-12 schools from promoting the concepts or any instruction related to "gender identity" (defined as "non-secular self-asserted sex-based identity narratives") or "sexual orientation" (defined as "homosexual, lesbian, or transgender" identities), both of which are described as stemming from non-secular humanism" and therefore are violations of the Establishment Clause. Schools are also prohibited from "mandating non-obvious pronouns" or hosting Drag Queen Story Hours. | Public and private K-12 | Private right of action Professional discipline |
47 | Oklahoma | SB 1072 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Shane Jett (R) | Prohibits public and private K-12 schools and colleges from engaging in "grooming" of a minor, defined in the bill as " the deliberate act of bringing a child into a sexual, political, or racial ideology, practice, cult, or lifestyle without the knowledge or consent of his or her parents for the aim of isolating the child from his or her family so the external party can abuse and manipulate him or her." | Public and private K-12 | Criminal penalty |
48 | Oklahoma | SB 1017 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Shane Jett (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from maintaining in their library or making part of their curricula any material that makes as its primary subject "the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender issues or recreational sexualization." | Public K-12 | None specified |
49 | Oklahoma | SB 1027 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Sen. Shane Jett (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from using any curricula with content related to social-emotional learning. Schools may not promote school or civic engagement, or that builds "an equitable learning framework" that addresses "non-cognitive social factors" such as self-awareness, social awareness, relationship skills, attributes, dispositions, social skills, beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and so forth. | Public K-12 | Private right of action |
50 | Oklahoma | HB 2546 | 2/6/2023 | Pending | Rep. Terry O'Donnell (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-5, or thereafter in a manner that is no age appropriate or developmentally appropriate. | Public K-12 | None specified |
51 | Oregon | HB 2430 | 1/9/2023 | Pending | Rep. Boomer Wright (R) | Prohibits public K-12 and universities from requiring or compelling a student to adopt, affirm, "state or in any way act in accordance with" belief in certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion, or national origin. Public universities may not expend any public money in support of any such requirement or compulsion. | K-12, colleges | Private right of action |
52 | Oregon | HB 2475 | 1/9/2023 | Pending | Rep. Kimberly Wallan (R) | Prohibits public K-12 and universities from requiring or compelling a student to adopt, affirm, "state or in any way act in accordance with" belief in certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion, or national origin. Public universities may not expend any public money in support of any such requirement or compulsion. | K-12, colleges | Private right of action |
53 | Oregon | HB 3044 | 1/17/2023 | Pending | Rep. Lily Morgan (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3, or thereafter in a manner that is not age or developmentally appropriate. | Public K-12 | None specified |
54 | South Carolina | HB 3827 | 1/26/2023 | Pending | Rep. Marvin Smith (R) | Prohibits public and private K-12 schools and colleges from including, promoting, or compelling belief in certain concepts related to race, ethnicity, color, biological sex, sexual orientation, national origin, heritage, culture, religion, or political belief, as well as ideas related to the social construction of race, unconscious or implicit bias, and pronoun usage. Schools and colleges may not promote instruction that "materially distorts or misrepresents verifiable historical facts" or that "teaches theoretical ideas or uncorroborated claims as factual." Nor may these institutions subject minors to any material (e.g. in the classroom, library, book fair, etc.) that contains any sexually explicit or obscene material in any amount or context, or that references sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. | Public and private K-12 and colleges | Professional discipline Monetary penalty/loss of state financial support |
55 | South Carolina | HB 3779 | 1/24/2023 | Pending | Rep. Jermaine Johnson (D) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from including in their history curriculum any instruction relating to slaveowners. | Public K-12 | None specified |
56 | South Carolina | HB 3466 | 1/10/2023 | Pending | Rep. Bill Taylor (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from directing or compelling students to adopt or affirm certain concepts related to sex, race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, nor make any distinction or classification of students on the basis of race or color. Teachers may not be required to attend any professional development training that includes certain concepts related to race or sex. | K-12 | None specified |
57 | South Carolina | SB 3304 | 1/10/2023 | Pending | Rep. Raye Felder (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from including or promoting certain concepts related to race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin. Students and staff may not be required to participate in any gender or sexual diversity training. Schools are prohibited from using any instruction or instructional materials that "create a narrative that the United States was founded for the purpose of oppression, that the American Revolution was fought for the purpose of protecting oppression or that United States history is a story defined by oppression." | K-12 | Monetary penalty/Loss of state financial support |
58 | South Carolina | H 3728 | 1/18/2023 | Pending | Rep. Raye Felder (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from including, promoting, or compelling belief in certain ideas related to race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin. | K-12 | Monetary fine/loss of state financial support |
59 | South Carolina | HB 3464 | 1/10/2023 | Pending | Rep. Steven Long (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools and colleges from directing, compelling, or introducing a course of instruction that directs or compells a student to adopt or affirm "the tenets of Critical Race Theory," defined as certain concepts related to sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, and national origin. | K-12, colleges | None specified |
60 | South Carolina | SB 424 | 1/19/2023 | Pending | Sen. Brian Adams (R) | Prohibits public and private K-12 schools and colleges from including or including in class instruction or providing via library resources certain ideas related to race, ethnicity, color, biological sex, sexual orientation, national origin, heritage, culture, religion, or political belief. Instruction may not include the theory that race or sex are social constructs, gender theory and pronouns, or the theory of implicit bias. Students may not be compelled or encouraged to adopt any ideology or political belief. Minors may not be exposed to "concepts or instruction on sexual activity, sexual orientation, gender theory, gender identity, gender multiplicity, or gender expression" prior to Grade 9. | Public and private K-12 and colleges | Professional discipline Monetary fine/loss of state financial support Private right of action |
61 | South Carolina | S 246 | 11/30/2022 | Pending | Sen. Joshua Kimbrell (R) | Bars public K-12 schools and universities from using any classroom instruction or curricula in order to "indoctrinate or persuade" any students to adopt certain concepts related to race or gender. | K-12, colleges | None specified |
62 | Texas | HB 1607 | 1/25/2023 | Pending | Rep. Cody Harris (R) | Prohibits public colleges and universities from promoting certain ideas related to race, sex, and American history. | Public colleges | Monetary fine/loss of state financial support |
63 | Texas | HB 1006 | 12/13/2022 | Pending | Rep. Carl Tepper (R) | Requires public universities to develop a policy that prohibits "the endorsement or dissuasion of, or interference with, any lifestyle, race, sex, religion, or culture." The policy must also prohibit any office that funds, promotes, sponsors, or supports diversity, equity, or inclusion beyond what is necessary to uphold the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. | Colleges | Private right of action |
64 | Texas | HB 1541 | 1/23/2023 | Pending | Rep. Steve Toth (R) | Prohoibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-8, or thereafter in a manner that is not age or developmentally appropriate. | Public K-12 | Professional discipline |
65 | Texas | HB 1046 | 12/19/2022 | Pending | Rep. Carl Tepper (R) | Prohibits public universities from requiring, as a condition of employment, admission, or promotion, that employees or students make a statement of personal belief supporting any specific partisan, political, or ideological set of beliefs, including an ideology or movement that promotes the differential treatment of any individual or group based on race or ethnicity, including initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion or that assert that an institution that upholds equal protection under the law is racist, oppressive, or unjust. | Colleges | None specified |
66 | Texas | HB 1033 | 12/19/2022 | Pending | Rep. Carl Tepper (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools and universities from requiring, or contracting with any organization that requires, any person to receive or participate in a training, identify a commitment to, or make a statement of personal belief supporting any specific partisan, political, or ideological set of beliefs, including an ideology or movement that promotes the differential treatment of any individual or group based on race or ethnicity, including initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion or that assert that an institution that upholds equal protection under the law is racist, oppressive, or unjust. | K-12, colleges | None specified |
67 | Texas | HB 1155 | 1/3/2023 | Pending | Rep. Jared Patterson (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from including any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-8, or thereafter in a manner that is not "age appropriate or developmentally appropriate." | K-12 | None specified |
68 | Texas | HB 631 | 11/14/2022 | Pending | Rep. Steve Toth (R) | Bars public K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to "sexual orientation or gender identity" to students in K-5 grades or to students in grades 6-12 "in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate" or that conflicts with state standards. | K-12 | None specified |
69 | Texas | SB 393 | 1/12/2023 | Pending | Sen. Bob Hall (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from offering any instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity at any grade level. Requires schools to notify parents of any "information related to the student's perception of the student's biological sex if that perception is inconsistent with the student's biological sex as determined by the student's sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous hormone profiles." Schools may not permit students to join or participate in any student club that "promotes themes of sexuality, gender, or gender identity" without parental approval. | K-12 | None specified |
70 | West Virginia | HB 2940 | 1/24/2023 | Pending | Del. Darren Thorne (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from promoting or endorsing certain ideas related to "character traits ascribed to a particular race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin, or to an individual because of his or her race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin." Employees and students may not be compelled to adopt or affirm certain ideas related to these categories. | Public K-12 | |
71 | West Virginia | HB 2347 | 1/11/2023 | Pending | Del. Chris Pritt | Prohibits K-12 schools from compelling belief in, promoting, endorsing, or "embracing" certain concepts related to race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. | K-12 | None specified |
72 | West Virginia | SB 130 | 1/11/2023 | Pending | Sen. Eric Tarr (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from compelling any teacher or student to adopt or affirm certain concepts related to race. | K-12 | None specified |
73 | West Virginia | SB 93 | 1/11/2023 | Pending | Sen. Mike Azinger (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from "teaching, instructing or training" students to believe certain concepts related to race or sex. | K-12 | Professional discipline |
74 | West Virginia | SB 252 | 1/17/2023 | Pending | Sen. Mike Azinger (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from including in their library or exposing to minors any "obscene matter," defined as including "any transvestite and/or transgender exposure, performances or display." Obscene matter is prohibited within 2,500 feet of a public school or public school library. | K-12, any location within 2,500 feet of a public K-12 school. | Monetary fine/loss of state financial support Private right of action Criminal penalties |
75 | West Virginia | SB 33/HB 2423 | 1/11/2023 | Pending | Sen. Robert Karnes (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools and universities from promoting "race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating" or "divisive acts," [sic], which the bill defines by reference to certain ideas related to race or sex. | K-12, colleges | Monetary penalty/Loss of state financial support |
76 | Wyoming | HB 205 | 1/24/2023 | Pending | Rep. John Bear (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from including in curricula or providing any information on certain ideas related to sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color or national origin. Prohibits public agencies from providing similar instruction to employees. | Public K-12, state agencies | Professional discipline Private right of action |
77 | Wyoming | SB 130 | 1/18/2023 | Pending | Sen. Lynn Hutchings (R) | Prohibits public K-12 schools from offering any instruction or providing any supplemental materials that are inconsistent with certain "principles of individual freedom," including certain ideas related to race, sex, slavery, American history, racial segregation and discrimination, religion, disability, and socio-economic status. | K-12 | None specified |
78 | Wyoming | SF 117 | 1/16/2023 | Pending | Sen. Dan Dockstader (R) | Prohibits K-12 schools from offering any classroom instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3, or thereafter in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate. | K-12 | Private right of action |