{"bill":{"bill_key":"AL-HB354-2023","title":"Relating to education; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-290, now appearing as Section 16-40A-5, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit classroom instruction related to gender identity or sexual orientation in public K-12 schools at certain grade levels and in any grade level in a manner that is not age or developmentally appropriate; to require parents to be notified if there is a change in services or monitoring relating to his or her child's mental, emotional, or physical health; to require parents to be notified of health care services available to students and to allow a parent to opt his or her child out; to require parental consent for certain health care screenings or questionnaires for K-12 students; to provide parents with procedures to express their concern with a local board of education's compliance with certain policies; and to provide a remedy in certain situations.","side":"anti","state":"AL","year":2023,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relating to education; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-290, now appearing as Section 16-40A-5, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit classroom instruction related to gender identity or…","notes":"K8, SOGI","types_str":"Don't Say Gay: Elementary|Don't Say Trans: Elementary|Forced Outing: Schools|Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB354/2023","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 354, 2023 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Ala. 2023).","short":"Ala. H.B. 354."}},"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":8943,"pdf_href":"/bills/AL-HB354-2023/pdf/0/intro"}]}}