Anti-Trans Bills Passed through House and Moving to Senate
House Bill 1407: Disallows state entities to remove psychologically or physically abused transgender children from abusive parental care
House Bill 1407 Disallows state entities to remove psychologically or physically abused transgender children from abusive parental care. Allows non-custodial parents the right to interfere with custodial parents rights to child care if child is transgender.
Related House bill: House Bill 1232.
UPDATE 02/23/2023 – passed in the house as amended with amendment 2, Referred to the Senate. See senate sponsors. DIGEST OF HB 1407 (Updated February 21, 2023 2:46 pm) PDF file: HB1407.03.ENGH-passed-house.
House Bill 1569: Bans Department of Corrections from providing gender affirming care to prisoners
House Bill 1569 bans Department of Corrections from providing gender affirming care to prisoners. Specifically prohibits paying for or providing state resources for gender transition of prisoners, including federal funding.
UPDATE 02/27/2023 – referred to Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law DIGEST OF HB 1569 (Updated February 8, 2023 1:19 pm) PDF file: HB1569.02.COMH
House Bill 1608: Don’t Say Gay Bill mandates school bullying and outing gender non-conforming children
Analysis: House Bill 1608 was drastically amended in committee. Not only does it not allow any mention of sexual orientation or gender identity in K-3 classes, but it specifically encourages bullying and abuse of gender non-conforming children in schools by both students and staff members, and mandates outing gender non-conforming children to their parents.
Related House Bills: House Bill 1338
Related Senate Bill: Senate Bill 354
UPDATE 02/24/2023 – Referred to the Senate, See senate sponsors. DIGEST OF HB 1608 (Updated February 20, 2023 2:49 pm) PDF file: HB1608.02.COMH.
This bill will likely be reconciled with related Senate Bill 354, which also outs gender non-conforming students to parents.
Anti-Trans Bills Passing Through Senate
Senate Bill 480: Civil Enforcement for Prohibition of Gender Affirming Care
2023-01-19
Authored by Sen. Tyler Johnson.
Analysis: Prohibits gender affirming care for any individual under 18 years of age, including to “alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty.” Provides disciplinary actions that may be taken toward healthcare providers including revoking licenses and subjecting them to civil liability.
Related House bills: House Bill 1118, House Bill 1220, House Bill 1231, House Bill 1589.
Positive LGBT Bill:
Senate Bill 39: Protecting LGBTQ youth in schools
2023-01-14
Authored by Sen. J.D. Ford.
Anti-Trans Legislation Introduced in House
House Bill 1118: Criminalizing Gender Affirming Care
2023-01-10
Authored by Rep. Lorissa Sweet.
Analysis: HB-1118 Defines gender affirming care as a form of conversion therapy and defines criminal penalties for parents and medical providers who affirm the self-identify of their transgender children.
Related House bills: House Bill 1220, House Bill 1231, House Bill 1589.
Related Senate bill: Senate Bill 480, which is moving in the Senate.
House Bill 1130: Censoring LGBTQ materials in schools and public libraries
2023-01-10
Authored by Rep. Becky Cash.
Co-Authored by Rep. Julie McGuire.
Analysis: House Bill 1130 would allow schools and public libraries to be criminally prosecuted for allowing minors to have access to LGBTQ-positive library materials, or to have Drag Queen Story Hours (“a performance harmful to minors.”) Adds colleges and universities to list eligible for criminal prosecution.
House Bill 1220: Prohibiting Gender Affirming Care
2023-01-11
Authored by Rep. Michelle Davis.
Co-Authored by Rep. Dale DeVon, Rep. Jake Teshka, Rep. Chris Judy.
Analysis: Authored by Rep. Michelle Davis, HB-1220 Prohibits gender affirming care for young people under the age of 18. No attempt at differentiation between care for precocious puberty from transgender healthcare seems to be written into this bill. It’s possible children with precocious puberty could get swept up in this care denial. Considering kids with PP are the bulk of patients receiving puberty blockers, it will be interesting how they attempt to force clinical disclosure of the reason why blockers are prescribed.
Related House bills: House Bill 1118, House Bill 1231, House Bill 1589.
Related Senate bill: Senate Bill 480, which is moving in the Senate.
House Bill 1231: Civil Penalties for Gender Affirming Care
2023-01-11
Authored by Rep. Ryan Lauer.
Analysis: HB-1231 allows civil penalties for doctors who provide gender affirming medical care to young people, and bars health insurance companies from covering gender affirming care for young people (generally, insurance companies don’t cover currently cover surgeries for minors).
Related House bills: House Bill 1118, House Bill 1220, House Bill 1589.
Related Senate bill: Senate Bill 480, which is moving in the Senate.
House Bill 1232: Denying child protective services to abused transgender children
2023-01-11
Authored by Rep. Ryan Lauer.
Analysis: House Bill 1232 would deny Child Protective Services the means to remove psychologically or physically abused transgender children from their parents homes.
Related House bill: House Bill 1407 which passed the house and was referred to Senate
House Bill 1338: Don’t Say Gay (or Race) Bill
2023-01-17
Rep. Shane Lindauer
Analysis: Prohibits teaching information about sexual orientation, gender identity, or race at any ‘state educational institution’ which appears to cover not just K-12 but also higher education. Includes any mandatory training about equity, diversity and inclusion regarding women’s issues, sexual orientation, gender identity, and race: “shall not promote in any course certain concepts related to race or sex.” Also prohibits teaching historical context of racism, sexism, and LGBTQ discrimination in classes in both K-12 and higher education.
Related House bill: House Bill 1608 which passed heavily amended to Senate.
House Bill 1346: Promoting harassment of gender non-conforming students
Authored by Rep. Jake Teshka.
Co-Authored by Rep. Joanna King, Rep. Martin Carbaugh, Rep. Timothy Wesco.
2023-01-17
Analysis: Students are not allowed to request that teachers or school employees or other students use a name that is different from their birth certificate, or any pronouns or gender identifiers that are different from their identified genitalia: “‘sex’ means an individual’s biological sex as either male or female: based on the individual’s genetics and reproductive biology at birth, including sex organs, chromosomes, and hormones.” For trans young people who have undergone a social gender transition, this forces them out of the closet. Parents of trans children will be deterred from moving to Indiana because they might be required to submit a birth certificate or genital inspection of their child. Any child who doesn’t conform to strict gender norms is subject to genital inspection or demands for documentation.
Related House bill: House Bill 1608 which passed heavily amended to Senate.
House Bill 1407: Disallows state entities to remove psychologically or physically abused transgender children from abusive parental care
2023-01-17
Analysis: House Bill 1407 Disallows state entities to remove psychologically or physically abused transgender children from abusive parental care. Allows non-custodial parents the right to interfere with custodial parents rights to child care if child is transgender.
Related House Bill: House Bill 1232
UPDATE 02/23/2023 – passed in the house as amended with amendment 2, Referred to the Senate. See senate sponsors. DIGEST OF HB 1407 (Updated February 21, 2023 2:46 pm) PDF file: HB1407.03.ENGH-passed-house.
House Bill 1520: Trans People Banned from Indiana Public Restrooms
2023-01-19
Authored by Rep. Bruce Borders.
Analysis: House Bill 1520 essentially says that people assigned male at birth have to use the men’s public restroom and people assigned female at birth have to use the women’s public restroom or be charged with a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. This would essentially keep all transgender people from public places, and prevent transgender people from traveling anywhere in the state of Indiana. This would apply not only to residents of Indiana but also people traveling to Indiana, effectively making it impossible for companies to send their trans employees to the state.
House Bill 1569: Bans Department of Corrections from providing gender affirming care to prisoners
2023-01-19
Analysis: House Bill 1569 bans Department of Corrections from providing gender affirming care to prisoners. Specifically prohibits paying for or providing state resources for gender transition of prisoners, including federal funding. This is likely in direct opposition to federal laws about care for transgender prisoners.
UPDATE 02/27/2023 – referred to Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law DIGEST OF HB 1569 (Updated February 8, 2023 1:19 pm) PDF file: HB1569.02.COMH
House Bill 1589: Allows medical suits for health care providers of gender affirming care
2023-01-19
Analysis: This bill appears to allow lawsuits directed at health care providers of gender-affirming care.
Related House bills: House Bill 1118, House Bill 1220, House Bill 1231.
Related Senate bill: Senate Bill 480, which is moving in the Senate.
House Bill 1608: Bans talking about LGBTQ people to K-3rd grade students
2023-01-19
Analysis: House Bill 1608 Bans any discussion of same-sex couples or transgender people in K-3 classrooms or elementary schools. This would outlaw teachers with same-sex partners mentioning their family or students with two same-sex parents discussing their family at school. Would ban children’s books like “Tango Makes Three” about same-sex penguin couples having a child.
Analysis: House Bill 1608 was drastically amended in committee. Not only does it not allow any mention of sexual orientation or gender identity in K-3 classes, but it specifically encourages bullying and abuse of gender non-conforming children in schools by both students and staff members, and mandates outing gender non-conforming children to their parents.
Related House Bills: House Bill 1338
Related Senate Bill: Senate Bill 354
UPDATE 02/24/2023 – Referred to the Senate, See senate sponsors. DIGEST OF HB 1608 (Updated February 20, 2023 2:49 pm) PDF file: HB1608.02.COMH.
This bill will likely be reconciled with related Senate Bill 354, which also outs gender non-conforming students to parents.
Anti-Trans Legislation Introduced in Senate
Senate Bill 351: Deter trans people from updating birth certificates
2023-01-14
Authored by Sen. Gary Byrne, Sen. Jack Sandlin.
Analysis: This bill is an attempt to limit the ability to update gender information on IDs and records, such as birth certificates and driver’s licenses. This puts transgender people at risk of losing jobs, facing harassment, and other harms. Trans, intersex, and nonbinary people need IDs that accurately reflect who they are to travel, apply for jobs, and enter public establishments without risk of harassment or harm.
2023-02-28 Update: This bill hasn’t had any movement.
Senate Bill 354: Outing Transgender Students in Indiana
2023-01-14
Authored by Sen. Jeff Raatz.
Analysis: Senate Bill 354 would make mandatory outing transgender students to their parents if they request to be called something other than their name or pronouns assigned at birth.
2023-02-28 Update: This bill will likely be reconciled with House Bill 1608, which not only does it not allow any mention of sexual orientation or gender identity in K-3 classes, but it specifically encourages bullying and abuse of gender non-conforming children in schools by both students and staff members, and mandates outing gender non-conforming children to their parents.
Senate Bill 380: Bans ‘identifying as an animal or furry’
2023-01-19
Analysis: A bill working through the Indiana Senate would reiterate that schools are allowed to enforce dress codes and curb disruptive behavior to address concerns about students identifying as furries. It follows a nationwide wave of claims – none proven – that students are dressing and acting like animals in classrooms.
02/28.2023 Update: This bill was amended in the Senate to define graduation measures. The addition of Democratic co-sponsors in the House might mean the dress code portion of the bill won’t receive much attention.
Senate Bill 386: Bans teaching civil rights history or information about the history of racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia in schools
2023-01-19
Analysis: Senate Bill 386 would prevent K-12 and Higher Education public schools from teaching history of civil rights, history of sexism and the women’s movement, and history of discrimination against LGBTQ people in the US. SB-386 attempts to redefine civil rights history as being discriminatory toward groups that have historically held power in the US – cisgender, white, heterosexual men.
2023-02-28 Update: This bill hasn’t had any movement.
Senate Bill 413: Outing transgender youth to parents
2023-01-19
Analysis: Senate Bill 413 prevents teaching K-12 students any information about sexual orientation or gender identity and requires guidance counselors or other student support service staff to notify parents if a student seeks counseling services. Requires notifying all parents of a school if a transgender child is enrolled.
2023-02-28 Update: This bill has similar language to House Bill 1608 which has been referred to the Senate, so it may get reconciled with that bill.
Senate Bill 480: Civil Enforcement for Prohibition of Gender Affirming Care
2023-01-19
Authored by Sen. Tyler Johnson.
Analysis: Prohibits gender affirming care for any individual under 18 years of age, including to “alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty.” Provides disciplinary actions that may be taken toward healthcare providers including revoking licenses and subjecting them to civil liability.
Related House bills: House Bill 1118, House Bill 1220, House Bill 1231, House Bill 1589.