Bill Text: AZ HB2082 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: School employees; students; gender pronouns
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-19 - Assigned to House RULES Committee [HB2082 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-HB2082-Introduced.html
PREFILED JAN 02 2020
REFERENCE TITLE: school employees; students; gender pronouns |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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HB 2082 |
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Introduced by Representative Fillmore
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AN ACT
amending Title 15, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-505; relating to school employees.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-505, to read:
15-505. School employees and officers; student sex or gender pronouns; prohibitions
A public school may not:
1. Require a school superintendent, principal or teacher or another officer or employee of a public school to use a sex or gender pronoun in reference to a student other than the sex or gender pronoun that corresponds to the sex listed on that student's birth certificate.
2. Penalize a school superintendent, principal or teacher or another officer or employee of a public school for refusing to use a sex or gender pronoun in reference to a student other than the sex or gender pronoun that corresponds to the sex listed on that student's birth certificate.