Text of AR HB 1749 (2021)
To Prohibit Requiring Public School And Institution Of Higher Education Employees From Addressing A Student By A Term That Identifies A Student As Male Or Female And That Is Inconsistent With The Student's Biological Sex.
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State of Arkansas
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93rd General Assembly
A Bill
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Regular Session, 2021
HOUSE BILL 1749
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By: Representative Bentley
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By: Senator G. Stubblefield
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For An Act To Be Entitled
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AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS
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PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS BY ONLY THE NAME AND SEX
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DESIGNATED ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT'S CERTIFICATE
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OF BIRTH; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Subtitle
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TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO
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ADDRESS PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS BY ONLY
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THE NAME AND SEX DESIGNATED ON THE PUBLIC
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SCHOOL STUDENT'S CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 18, Subchapter 1, is amended
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to add an additional section to read as follows:
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6-18-113. Information used to address students.
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(a) A public school employee shall address a public school student by
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only the name and sex designated on the public school student's certificate
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of birth.
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(b)(1) A public school employee may address a public school student by
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a name or sex not stated on the public school student's certificate of birth
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only if the public school student has amended his or her name or sex on his
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or her certificate of birth according to the procedural requirements provided
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under § 20-18-307.
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(2) However, a public school employee may address a public
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school student by the public school student's nickname or any other word the
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public school student uses to identify the public school student.
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