HB246 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Scott Stadthagen Representative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Public schools, colleges, and universities; immunity provided to students and teachers who decline to use certain pronouns or names

Description

This bill would prohibit employees of public schools and public institutions of higher education from using names or pronouns inconsistent with a student's legal name or biological sex without written permission from the student's parent or guardian.

This bill would protect employees from adverse employment action for declining to use a name other than a legal name or a pronoun other than a pronoun corresponding to the student's biological sex or for declining to identify his or her own pronouns.

This bill would protect students from disciplinary action for declining to use a name other than a legal name or a pronoun other than a pronoun corresponding to the student's biological sex or for declining to identify his or her own pronouns.

This bill would create a private cause of action against a public school or public institution of higher education for injunctive relief for individuals harmed by violations.

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Subjects

Education