{"bill":{"bill_key":"AL-HB23-2026","title":"Public preK-12 education; discussions of gender identity prohibited, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity and from referring to students by pronouns inconsistent with student's biological sex","side":"anti","state":"AL","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Public preK-12 education; discussions of gender identity prohibited, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity and f…","notes":"Adds pronoun ban & pride flag ban; extends don't say gay/trans from K-5 to preK-12 and removes \"age appropriate\" clause to make ban w/o exception; failed at sine die 4/9/26","types_str":"Don't Say Gay: K12|Don't Say Trans: K12|Censorship: Pride Flag Ban|Misgendering: Pronoun Ban|Misgendering: Forced","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB23/2026","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 23, 2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Ala. 2026).","short":"Ala. H.B. 23."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Mack Butler","party":"R","state":"AL","district":"HD-028","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-15746"}],"citations":["AL:16-40A-5"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":3005,"pdf_href":"/bills/AL-HB23-2026/pdf/0/intro"}]},"family":{"cluster":"AL-HB244-2025","n_bills":3,"n_states":1},"diffusion":{"matches":[{"other":"AL-HB244-2025","other_title":"Public K-12 education, discussions of gender identity prohibited in grades preK-12, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity, employees prohibited from referring to student by pronouns inconsistent with student's biological sex","other_state":"AL","other_year":2025,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-SB331-2026","other_title":"Public preK-12 education; discussions of gender identity prohibited, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity and from referring to students by pronouns inconsistent with student's biological sex","other_state":"AL","other_year":2026,"cross_state":false}]}}