SAVE State Lawmaker Program Yields 11 New Laws in Seven States

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Robert D. Thompson

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SAVE State Lawmaker Program Yields 11 New Laws in Seven States

WASHINGTON / November 13, 2024 – In January of this year, SAVE (Stop Abusive and Violent Environments) launched a new program to identify state lawmakers working to thwart the Gender Agenda. (1) Over the course of 10 months, a total of 121 candidates from 32 states signed a six-point pledge to “Protect Schools, Children, and Families from the Federal Title IX Plan.” (2)

Out of the 32 states, bills were enacted during the 2024 legislative session in seven states:

Idaho:

HB 538 bars teachers from referring to a student by a name or pronoun that doesn’t align with their birth sex, without parental consent. (3)

HB 668 bans the use of public funding to cover sex-change procedures. (4) This bill was introduced by Pledge Signer Rep. Bruce Skaug.

Louisiana: HB 121 prohibits the use of transgender and nonbinary youths’ chosen names and pronouns in K-12 public schools without parental permission. (5)

New Hampshire:

HB 1205 protects participation on female K-12 sports teams based on sex. (6)

HB 619 “ensures that life-altering, irreversible surgeries will not be performed on children.” (7)

Ohio:

HB 68 blocks gender-affirming care for trans youth. (8)

HB 68 prevents transgender athletes from playing women’s sports. (9)

South Carolina: HB 4624 places a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. (10)

Tennessee:

SB 2749, titled the ‘Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act (11)

SB 1810 requires schools to alert parents if their child has requested to go by a name, or set of pronouns, that differs from their school forms. (12)

Wyoming: SF0099 is a gender- change prohibition bill among children (13)

In addition, the following pledge signers from Kansas and Oregon introduced Title IX legislation in 2024, and/or are planning to introduce legislation, in 2025:

Rep. Steven K. Howe (KS) supported House Substitute for SB 233, ‘Forbidding Abusive Child Transitions Act’, but the bill was vetoed by the Governor, (14)

Rep. Boomer Wright (OR) has submitted legislation for 2025 to specify that women’s sports are for women and girls. Men and boys, transitioned or not, do not belong in women’s sports, bathrooms, nor locker rooms.

Rep. Ed Diehl (OR) introduced a bill in 2024 that would have prohibited boys in girls’ sports, additional legislation is planned for 2025.

SAVE urges state lawmakers to begin planning now how they can fight the Gender Agenda in 2025.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process and fairness. The Title IX Network consists of 237 national and state organizational members that are working to stop the Title IX regulation and end the Gender Agenda.

Links:

1) https://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Candidate-Pledge-to-Protect-Schools-Children-and-Families2.pdf

2) https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/lawmakers/pledge/

3) https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/h0538/

4) https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/h0668/

5) https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245685

6) https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB1205/id/2868559

7) https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB619/2024

8) https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_135/legislation/hb68/05_EN/pdf/

9) https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_135/legislation/hb68/05_EN/pdf/

10) https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/4624.htm

11) https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2749&ga=113#:~:text=This%20bill%20prohibits%20any%20branch,parent%20as%20provided%20under%20this