Bill > HB2082

This bill clarifies that a parent's or legal guardian's actions of raising, guiding, or instructing their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex, including using pronouns that align with that sex and making medical or mental health decisions based on it, such as consenting to treatments that affirm the child's biological sex or declining gender transition services, are not grounds for legal action. Specifically, these actions cannot be used to find a child abused or neglected, to remove a child from a parent's custody, to terminate parental rights, or to consider them a negative factor in custody disputes. The bill also states that a child's disagreement with these parental decisions, unless requested by the parent, cannot be used to deem the child unruly or lead to court-ordered interventions. In essence, the bill aims to protect parents' rights to raise their children according to their biological sex and prevent legal repercussions for such decisions.