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Allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Civil rightsCourts & civil lawFamilies & human services
Same legislation: HSB 669
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2026
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 4, 202665–31
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 18, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People raising children, including foster and adoptive parents, would be allowed to guide a child in a way that matches the child's sex. This includes using specific pronouns, seeking certain mental health services, or refusing gender transition procedures. Under this law, these actions would not be considered child abuse or child endangerment.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex. The bill exempts from the definition of child abuse a person raising, guiding, or instructing a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex, including but not limited to referring to the child by titles or pronouns consistent with the child’s sex; seeking and consenting to a mental health service for a child for the purpose of helping the child live a life consistent with the child’s sex; making mental health or medical decisions based on the child’s sex; and declining to consent to gender transition procedure-related activity for a child. The bill adds similar language to foster parent licensing considerations, court-ordered custody considerations during a dissolution of marriage, prospective adoptive parent considerations, and exemptions to the definition of child endangerment.71B (duties of the department upon receipt of [child abuse] report).
Senate subcommittee
Named March 10, 2026. On March 12, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
132 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 12, 2026 (57), February 9, 2026 (75) · on the Legislature’s site
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Lobbying
11 for · 16 against · 1 undecided · Who →
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