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 |
25 bills
Data as of November 7, 2026.