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April 11, 2023

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Arkansas Gov. Sanders signed SB270 (Act 619) criminalizing transgender adults' restroom use under the child sexual-indecency statute

On April 11, 2023, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed Senate Bill 270 into law as Act 619, amending the criminal offense of "sexual indecency with a child" to add a Class C misdemeanor for an adult who, to arouse or gratify sexual desire, enters or remains in a public changing facility "assigned to persons of the opposite sex" while knowing a minor of the opposite sex is present. The law defines "sex" as immutable biological sex determined at birth and defines "public changing facility" to include restrooms, locker rooms, and showers, functionally criminalizing transgender adults' use of facilities matching their gender identity when a minor is present. A third offense escalates to a Class D felony.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the Given Name Act restricting school staff use of trans students' names and pronouns

On April 11, 2023, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed House Bill 1468, the "Given Name Act," into law as Act 542 of 2023. The law bars public-school, charter, and higher-education employees from addressing an unemancipated minor with a pronoun, title, or name inconsistent with the student's biological sex or birth certificate without written parental permission, and creates a private right of action for violations. It also shields employees from adverse action and students from discipline for declining to use a person's preferred name or pronoun.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed HB 1489, barring transgender women from women's college sports teams

On April 11, 2023, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed HB 1489, requiring public and competing private colleges to designate athletic teams as male, female, or coed and barring female-designated teams to students defined as "the male sex" at birth. The measure, passed by the 68th Legislative Assembly (House 75-18, Senate 40-7), excludes transgender women from women's collegiate athletics and creates a private right of action to enforce the separation. Burgum signed it in Bismarck alongside a K-12 companion bill, HB 1249.

North Dakota Gov. Burgum signed HB 1249, barring transgender girls from female K-12 school sports teams

On April 11, 2023, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed House Bill 1249, enacting Chapter 15.1-39 of the North Dakota Century Code and requiring public and eligible nonpublic K-12 schools to designate athletic teams as male, female, or coed by a birth-based definition of "sex." The law bars students of the male sex — including transgender girls — from female-designated teams, prohibits adverse action against schools that maintain separate female teams, and creates a private civil cause of action with a two-year limit for damages and attorney's fees. The Legislative Assembly passed the measure 78-15 in the House and 38-9 in the Senate.