Text of AZ HB 2293 (2022)
School employees; students; gender pronouns
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REFERENCE TITLE: school employees;
students; gender pronouns
State of
Arizona
House of
Representatives
Fifty-fifth
Legislature
Second Regular
Session
2022
HB 2293
Introduced by
Representatives Fillmore: Carter, Chaplik, Parker
AN ACT
amending Title
15, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-509;
relating to school employees.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 5, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-509, to read:
START_STATUTE15-509. School employees and officers; student sex or gender pronouns;
prohibitions
A public school may not:
1. Require a school superintendent,
principal or teacher or another officer or employee of a public school to use a
sex or gender pronoun in reference to a student other than the sex or gender
pronoun that corresponds to the sex listed on that student's birth certificate.
2. Penalize a school superintendent,
principal or teacher or another officer or employee of a public school for
refusing to use a sex or gender pronoun in reference to a student other than
the sex or gender pronoun that corresponds to the sex listed on that student's
birth certificate. END_STATUTE