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H.R. 1585 · 118th Congress · Education

Prohibiting Parental Secrecy Policies In Schools Act of 2023

Died in committee685 words Introduced Mar 14, 2023 · Latest action Mar 14, 2023

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How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
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What it does

This bill requires each state, in order to receive specified federal funds for elementary and secondary education, to implement a state policy prohibiting school employees from certain actions regarding a minor's gender identity without parental consent.

In particular, a state policy must prohibit employees from the following activities without the consent of a minor student's custodial parent or legal guardian:

• using pronouns for a minor that are inconsistent with the minor's biological sex for the purpose of recognizing or promoting a self-professed gender identity that is incongruent with their biological sex;

• providing, promoting, referring to, or otherwise assisting in the use of medical or other devices that promote changes to the minor's physical appearance so that it aligns with the opposite biological sex for the purpose of recognizing or promoting a self-professed gender identity that is incongruent with their biological sex; and

• carrying out any other action designed to assist a minor in the promotion or adoption of their self-professed gender identity and denial of their biological sex.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in House” version · Mar 14, 2023

Who lobbies on it

1 organization · 8 filings · Q1 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. Human Rights Campaign 8 of 8 quarters
    “Ending Funding for Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Title IX Non-Discrimination for LGBTQ+ Students School Athletics School Climate Anti-Bullying School Discipline H.R. 5327: Empowering Parents Act H.R. 6258; S. 2394: GUARD Act H.R. 5685; S. 2902: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of…”

    Q4 2024 filing · $861K lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

Organizations that named H.R. 1585 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Mar 14, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  2. Mar 14, 2023Introduced in House