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AL HB23 (2026)
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
Anti-LGBTQ+
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…
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Introduced Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Don't Say Gay: K12Don't Say Trans: K12Censorship: Pride Flag BanPronoun BanForced Misgendering
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Aug 11, 2025) at alison.legislature.state.al.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Prefiled | |
| House | Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy | |
| House | Pending House Education Policy |
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