Women's Bill of Rights / Defining SEX

Anti-LGBTQ+ Stand-in bill

A model bill that first appeared in 2022. 67 bills in 23 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.

Subject
Sex definitions
First appeared
2022
Where its text comes from
Stand-in bill. Its text is taken from an introduced bill used in place of a model-bill document: KS SB 180 (2023).
Credited to
Independent Women's Forum, Independent Women's Law Center
Years filed
2022–2026
States
Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Congress, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming

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Bills matched to this model bill

Near-verbatim (3)

These bills carry the template's text nearly word for word.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
AZ HB 2391 (2024)ArizonaFailed
GA HB 1128 (2024)GeorgiaFailed
KS HB 2426 (2026)KansasFailed

Derived (37)

These bills are built on the template's text.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
AL HB 405 (2023)AlabamaFailed
MI-HJRE-2023MichiganFailed
MS HB 1074 (2023)MississippiFailed
MS HB 1144 (2023)MississippiFailed
MS SB 2076 (2023)MississippiFailed
MS SB 2773 (2023)MississippiFailed
ND HCR 3010 (2023)North DakotaEnacted
TX HB 3883 (2023)TexasFailed
TX SB 1082 (2023)TexasFailed
AL HB 111 (2024)AlabamaFailed
AL SB 92 (2024)AlabamaFailed
FL H 1233 (2024)FloridaFailed
IA HF 2389 (2024)IowaFailed
IA HSB 649 (2024)IowaFailed
IL HB 4531 (2024)IllinoisFailed
IL HB 5830 (2024)IllinoisFailed
KY HB 390 (2024)KentuckyFailed
KY SB 336 (2024)KentuckyFailed
MS HB 1606 (2024)MississippiFailed
MS HC 33 (2024)MississippiFailed
MS SB 2814 (2024)MississippiFailed
VA HJR 86 (2024)VirginiaFailed
VA SJR 49 (2024)VirginiaFailed
WY HB 50 (2024)WyomingFailed
AL HB 107 (2025)AlabamaFailed
IL HB 1209 (2025)IllinoisFailed
KY SB 116 (2025)KentuckyFailed
NE LB 89 (2025)NebraskaEnacted
TX HB 229 (2025)TexasEnacted
TX HB 4001 (2025)TexasFailed
TX SB 84 (2025)TexasFailed
WV HB 2006 (2025)West VirginiaFailed
WV SB 456 (2025)West VirginiaEnacted
WY HB 32 (2025)WyomingEnacted
GA HB 267 (2026)GeorgiaFailed
KY HB 334 (2026)KentuckyFailed
KY SB 179 (2026)KentuckyFailed

Shares provisions (27)

These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
US HR 1136 (2022)U.S. CongressFailed
US SR 644 (2022)U.S. CongressFailed
OK SB 408 (2023)OklahomaFailed
US HR 115 (2023)U.S. CongressFailed
US SR 53 (2023)U.S. CongressFailed
LA HB 608 (2024)LouisianaEnacted
MN HF 5128 (2024)MinnesotaFailed
MN SF 5466 (2024)MinnesotaFailed
MS HB 1428 (2024)MississippiFailed
MS SB 2753 (2024)MississippiEnacted

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Data as of November 3, 2026.