Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 100 Second Substitute (2023GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Weiler, T.

Final action

Governor Signed 2/16/2023

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• requires each school and each local governing board to ensure a parent's right to access information regarding the parent's child; and
• prohibits a school or local education agency from:
• prohibiting a parent's access to information regarding the parent's child; or
• without parental consent, treating a student in a manner that relates to a gender identity that does not correspond with the student's sex.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

SCHOOL DISTRICT GENDER IDENTITY POLICIES
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Todd D. Weiler
House Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill enacts provisions ensuring a parent's access to information related to a parent's
child, including gender identity.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires each school and each local governing board to ensure a parent's right to
access information regarding the parent's child; and
▸ prohibits a school or local education agency from:
• prohibiting a parent's access to information regarding the parent's child; or
• without parental consent, treating a student in a manner that relates to a gender
identity that does not correspond with the student's sex.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
53E-9-205
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53E-9-205
 is enacted to read:
 53E-9-205.
Parental right to student information.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Gender identity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
34A-5-102
.
(b) "Sex" means the biological, physical condition of being male or female, determined
by an individual's genetics and anatomy at birth.
(2) In accordance with Section 
53E-2-201
, each school and each local governing board
shall ensure that no policy or action of the school or LEA:
(a) operates to shield any student's information from the student's parent; and
(b) interferes with a parent's:
(i) fundamental parental right and primary responsibility to direct the education of the
parent's child; and
(ii) freedom of access to information regarding the parent's child.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school or LEA may not:
(a) prohibit a parent with legal custody of a child from accessing the child's education
records or other information related to the child in the school's or LEA's possession; or
(b) without written parental consent:
(i) make changes to a student's education records or other information related to the
child in the school's or LEA's possession regarding a student's gender identity that does not
conform with the student's sex; or
(ii) treat a student in a manner that relates to a gender identity that does not correspond
with the student's sex.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
the date of veto override.