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LD1704 • 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

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

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Sponsor
Representative Katrina Smith
Last action
2025-06-13
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 547 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files ( DEAD ).
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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

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 Sponsor: Representative Katrina Smith Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • 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 Sponsor: Representative Katrina Smith Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2322(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2322(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1704 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3JUDICIARY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-13 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 479 (Yeas 74 - Nays 72 - Absent 3 - Excused 2) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. 2025-06-13 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 547 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files ( DEAD ).

  3. 2025-06-12 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-20 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-20 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-04-17 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

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
Sponsor:
Representative Katrina Smith
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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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)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6501, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
36. 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.
8Sec. 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.
11SUMMARY
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.
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