HB 805: Anti-Trans/School Censorship Bill

Current Status: Veto overriden, passed into law (07/29)

Position: Oppose

House Bill 805 includes multiple provisions targeting transgender and nonbinary communities, as well as schools, in the state. These provisions include:

• Requiring state officials to keep a person’s original birth certificate and new birth certificate on file together in a multi-page document after their sex designation has changed, which forces trans people to out themselves in situations where a birth certificate is needed.

• Creating rigid definitions of sex and gender in state law that erase the existence of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals.

• Extending the time a patient has to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit in cases involving gender-affirming care in an attempt to intimidate providers.

• Banning gender-affirming care for people in state prison or otherwise in the custody of the Department of Adult Correction.

• Allowing parents to prohibit their child from checking out certain books in the school library for any reason. 

• Allowing parents to pull their child from any classroom activity or discussion that they believe burdens their religion.

• Requiring schools to house children on field trips according to their assigned sex at birth.