Text of ME LD 1704 (2025)

Printed on recycled paper 132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025 Legislative Document No. 1704 H.P. 1139 House of Representatives, April 17, 2025 An Act to Prohibit a School Administrative Unit from Adopting a Policy That Allows a Student to Use a Restroom Designated for Use by the Opposite Sex Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative SMITH of Palermo. Cosponsored by Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, DRINKWATER of Milford, EDER of Waterboro, PAUL of Winterport, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, Senator: BRADSTREET of Kennebec. Page 1 - 132LR2322(01) 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 2 Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6501, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 3 6. Gender identity and sanitary facilities. Notwithstanding any provision of law to 4 the contrary within Title 5, chapter 337, a school administrative unit may not adopt a policy 5 that permits a student to use a sanitary facility according to the student's gender identity if 6 that sanitary facility is designated for use by a sex that does not correspond to the student's 7 sex assigned at birth. 8 Sec. 2. Department of education to update rules. The Department of Education 9 shall update its rules as necessary to conform with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 10 section 6501, subsection 6. 11 SUMMARY 12 This bill prohibits a school administrative unit from adopting a policy that permits a 13 student to use a school restroom according to the student's gender identity if that restroom 14 is designated for use by a sex that does not correspond to the student's sex assigned at birth. 15 The bill also directs the Department of Education to update its rules consistent with this 16 legislation. 12 13 14 15 16