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CS/SB 1642: Gender Identity Employment Practices

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; McClain

Gender Identity Employment Practices; Citing this act as the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act"; specifying an employment policy of this state relating to a person’s sex; providing applicability; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employers to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee’s or contractor’s sex; prohibiting the inclusion on certain forms of specified options relating to an applicant’s sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for certain employers to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/4/2026 Senate - CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/9/2026 Senate • Filed
1/16/2026 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules
1/22/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/28/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2/2/2026 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
2/3/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/4/2026 Senate • Now in Judiciary
• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time