Defining SEX Act 1.0
Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document
A model bill that first appeared in 2023. 55 bills in 19 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.
- Subject
- Sex definitions
- First appeared
- 2023
- Where its text comes from
- Model document. Its text is the model-bill document itself.
- Years filed
- 2023–2026
- States
- Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Congress, West Virginia, Wyoming
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 0 bills
- Derived 25 bills
- Shares provisions 30 bills
- 0 bills
Bills matched to this model bill
Derived (25)
These bills are built on the template's text.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA HB 1128 (2024) | Georgia | Failed | |
| ID H 421 (2024) | Idaho | Enacted | |
| MN HF 5128 (2024) | Minnesota | Failed | |
| MN SF 5466 (2024) | Minnesota | Failed | |
| MO HB 2309 (2024) | Missouri | Failed | |
| MS HB 1428 (2024) | Mississippi | Failed | |
| MS HB 1607 (2024) | Mississippi | Failed | |
| MS SB 2753 (2024) | Mississippi | Enacted | |
| US HB 9218 (2024) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| US SB 5356 (2024) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| WV HB 5243 (2024) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| WV SB 601 (2024) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| MN HF 700 (2025) | Minnesota | Pending | |
| MN SF 1651 (2025) | Minnesota | Pending | |
| MO HB 1053 (2025) | Missouri | Failed | |
| MO HB 76 (2025) | Missouri | Failed | |
| SC H 3506 (2025) | South Carolina | Pending | |
| TN HB 571 (2025) | Tennessee | Pending | |
| WV HB 2127 (2025) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| WV SB 244 (2025) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| MO HB 1779 (2026) | Missouri | Failed | |
| MO HB 2526 (2026) | Missouri | Failed | |
| MT SB 437 (2026) | Montana | Enacted | |
| TN SB 468 (2026) | Tennessee | Enacted | |
| WV HB 4143 (2026) | West Virginia | Failed |
Shares provisions (30)
These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL HB 405 (2023) | Alabama | Failed | |
| AL HB 111 (2024) | Alabama | Failed | |
| AL SB 92 (2024) | Alabama | Failed | |
| AZ SB 1628 (2024) | Arizona | Vetoed | |
| LA HB 608 (2024) | Louisiana | Enacted | |
| MN SF 5144 (2024) | Minnesota | Failed | |
| MS SB 2812 (2024) | Mississippi | Failed | |
| OK HB 1449 (2024) | Oklahoma | Enacted | |
| US HB 10186 (2024) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| AL HB 107 (2025) | Alabama | Failed | |
| AL SB 79 (2025) | Alabama | Enacted | |
| IA HF 583 (2025) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA HSB 242 (2025) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 418 (2025) | Iowa | Enacted | |
| MN SF 886 (2025) | Minnesota | Pending | |
| MO HB 156 (2025) | Missouri | Failed | |
| MS SB 2364 (2025) | Mississippi | Failed | |
| NC H 791 (2025) | North Carolina | Failed | |
| NC S 516 (2025) | North Carolina | Failed | |
| NE LB 89 (2025) | Nebraska | Enacted | |
| TX HB 2704 (2025) | Texas | Failed | |
| US HB 1 (2025) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| US HB 498 (2025) | U.S. Congress | Pending | |
| US SB 2008 (2025) | U.S. Congress | Pending | |
| US SB 3386 (2025) | U.S. Congress | Pending |
Data as of November 7, 2026.