Text of AL HB 67 (2025)
Parental rights, prohibits public K-12 schools and public libraries from presenting or sponsoring drag performances in certain circumstances and state entities from allowing minors to share facilities with members of the opposite sex in certain circumstances during overnight programs
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HB67 INTRODUCED
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HB67
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By Representatives Stadthagen, Butler, Brown, Lipscomb,
Harrison
RFD: State Government
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 04-Dec-24
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SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, parents have certain rights
to manage their minor child's exposure to different
environments or experiences.
This bill would prohibit public K-12 schools and
public libraries from knowingly presenting or
sponsoring drag performances in the presence of a minor
without the consent of the minor's parent or legal
guardian.
This bill would also prohibit certain state
entities from allowing minors to share certain
facilities with members of the opposite sex during
overnight programs operated or sponsored by the state
entity, unless the other individuals are family members
of the minor and the minor's parent consents.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to parental rights; to prohibit public K-12
schools and public libraries from presenting or sponsoring
certain performances in certain circumstances; and to prohibit
certain state entities from allowing minors to share certain
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facilities with members of the opposite sex in certain
circumstances during certain overnight programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. For the purposes of this act, the following
terms have the following meanings:
(1) DRAG PERFORMANCE. A performance in which a
performer exhibits a sex identity that is different from the
sex assigned to the performer at birth using clothing, makeup,
or other physical markers.
(2) SEX. The state of being male or female as observed
or clinically verified at birth.
Section 2. A public K-12 school or public library shall
not knowingly present or sponsor any drag performance in the
presence of a minor without the consent of the minor's parent
or legal guardian.
Section 3. During any overnight program for minors
operated or sponsored by any state department, agency, board,
or commission where attendees share multi-occupancy bathrooms,
changing facilities, or sleeping quarters, no minor shall
share a multi-occupancy bathroom, changing facility, or
sleeping quarter with a member of the opposite sex unless the
individuals are members of the same family, such as a parent,
legal guardian, sibling, or grandparent, and the minor has
received approval from the parent or legal guardian to do so.
Section 4. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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