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HB1217 Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.

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Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

No direct financial impact to taxpayers or families is specified in the bill text.

6
🏘️

Your Community

The bill provides clarity that sex-based separation in bathrooms and athletics is legally permissible, which may reduce legal uncertainty for schools and public facilities, though implementation is optional.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

The bill creates a narrow exception to discrimination law for biological-sex classification in specific contexts while preserving the general discrimination protections; entities retain local control to adopt or reject sex-based separation.

Status

Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11

Voted Yes

186 R + 1 D

Voted No

2 R + 161 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Katy Peternel (R)

The Short Version

This bill permits public and private entities to classify people by biological sex in multi-user bathrooms and sex-segregated athletics where biological males have a competitive advantage, and specifies that such classification does not constitute discrimination under state law. The bill is optional—entities are not required to implement sex-based separation.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Schools and public facilities seeking legal clarity to maintain sex-segregated bathrooms and athletics
  • ▲ Individuals who prefer sex-segregated facilities for privacy or safety reasons

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Transgender and non-binary individuals may experience reduced access to facilities or athletic opportunities aligned with their gender identity in jurisdictions that elect to enforce sex-based separation

Roll Call Detail (3 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 3 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 185 for , 4 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 161 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Table 2026-03-05
Failed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

9R + 159D
Voted to Kill the Bill (168)
179R + 1D
Voted to Keep It Alive (180)
29
Absent
15
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (168)

Republicans (9)
Democrats (159)

Voted Nay (180)

Republicans (179)
Democrats (1)
Absent (29)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Interim Study 2026-03-05
Failed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

7R + 161D
Voted to Kill the Bill (168)
180R
Voted to Keep It Alive (180)
29
Absent
15
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (168)

Republicans (7)
Democrats (161)

Voted Nay (180)

Republicans (180)
Absent (29)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-05
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

186R + 1D
Voted to Pass (187)
2R + 161D
Voted Against (163)
29
Absent
13
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (187)

Republicans (186)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (163)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (161)
Absent (29)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James Tierney (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kathleen Paquette (R) , Katy Peternel (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Franz (R) , Lorie Ball (R) , Matt Drew (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Pierre Dupont (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

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