HB1442: Bill Hearings & Public Record

HB1442 This sweeping and cruel bill applies to publicly accessible bathrooms, including private businesses. It criminally charges trans bathroom users with "willful trespass." Bizarrely, it only applies to trans women. They also make an erroneous attempt to define around intersex conditions, based on the presence of the SRY gene. The potential impact is so remarkable that it was recently covered in a national trans news article. (House Judiciary Committee)

• Official Title: limiting the use of certain facilities on the basis of sex and redefining the term "gender identity."

• Bill Sponsors: (Prime) Layon (R), Barbour (R), Reinfurt (R), Peternel (R), McGrath (R), Popovici-Muller (R), Sabourin dit Choinière (R), Mazur (R), DeVito (R), Love (R), Birdsell (R), Avard (R), Gannon (R)

  • BILL UPDATE:

    • Introduced on 01/07/26 and referred to Judiciary Committee

    • Committee Hearing Scheduled (02/20/26 at 1 Granite Place, room 231 @ 11:00am)

    • Recommended for Interim Study (unanimous vote from the House Judiciary Committee)

    • On Consent Calendar for the House on 03/05/26 (House will vote to adopt the Committee’s recommendation)

    • Before House session, on 03/04/26, The House Judiciary Committee introduced and added amendment 2026-1054h to the bill. The bill with amendment is now expected to have a floor debate.

    • House voted OTPA 181/ 164 on 03/05/26