HB67 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Scott StadthagenRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Parental rights, prohibits public K-12 schools and public libraries from presenting or sponsoring drag performances in certain circumstances and state entities from allowing minors to share facilities with members of the opposite sex in certain circumstances during overnight programs

Summary

HB67 would bar drag performances around minors in public schools and libraries without parental consent and would restrict overnight facility sharing by opposite-sex individuals in state-run programs, with an October 1, 2025 effective date.

What This Bill Does

It prohibits public K-12 schools and public libraries from knowingly presenting or sponsoring drag performances in the presence of a minor unless a parent or legal guardian consents. It also prevents minors from sharing multi-occupancy bathrooms, changing facilities, or sleeping quarters with someone of the opposite sex during state-operated overnight programs, unless they are family members and the minor’s parent consents. The bill defines drag performance and sex for purposes of the law and sets an effective date of October 1, 2025.

Who It Affects

• Minors in public K-12 schools and public libraries, who would be protected from drag performances around them without parental consent and from cross-sex facility sharing during state overnight programs.
• Parents and guardians, who would need to give consent for drag-related exposure and for their child’s participation in overnight program facility arrangements, and state entities that operate overnight programs to enforce these rules.

Key Provisions

• Drag performance defined as a performance where a performer shows a sex identity different from the sex assigned at birth using clothing, makeup, or other markers.
• Public K-12 schools and public libraries may not knowingly present or sponsor a drag performance in the presence of a minor without the minor's parent or guardian consent.
• During state-operated overnight programs, no minor may share a multi-occupancy bathroom, changing facility, or sleeping quarter with someone of the opposite sex unless they are family members and the minor's parent consents.
• Effective date: October 1, 2025.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Children