HB 1495: Gender Identity Employment Practices
GENERAL BILL by Plakon
Gender Identity Employment Practices; Specifies employment policy of state relating to person's sex; provides applicability; prohibits employees & contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employer to use pronoun that does not correspond to employee's or contractor's sex; prohibits certain forms from offering specified options relating to applicant's sex; prohibits adverse personnel action on basis of deeply held religious, moral, conscious-based, or biology-based beliefs; provides administrative & civil remedies; provides reasonable attorney fees & costs; provides that it is unlawful employment practice for certain employers to require certain training, instruction, or activity as condition of employment.
Last Action: 3/5/2025 House - Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 House • Filed
3/4/2025 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/5/2025 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
• Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
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HB 1495, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2025 at 2:30 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 440 (c1) Gender Identity Employment Practices McClain Similar Last Action: 3/26/2025 S CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time 
Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 110.1051 Page 2 (pdf) 760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 5 (pdf) 760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. Page 6 (pdf)