Last updated 12/2/22
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in America continue to face discrimination in their daily lives. While more states every year work to pass laws to protect LGBTQ people, we continue to see state legislatures advancing bills that target transgender people, limit local protections, and allow the use of religion to discriminate.
*Note: Bills are reported as Active below if they were introduced in their states’ 2021 legislative sessions and have carried over to 2022. The status date indicates the convening of the state’s 2022 session or the most current activity on a particular bill.
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Anti-LGBTQ Bills:
Anti-Trans Bills
These measures target transgender and nonbinary people for discrimination, such as by barring or criminalizing healthcare for trans youth, barring access to the use of appropriate facilities like restrooms, restricting trans students’ ability to fully participate in school and sports, allowing religiously-motivated discrimination against trans people, or making it more difficult for them to get identification documents with their name and gender.
a. Restricting healthcare for transgender youth
State
Bill Number
Status
AL
SB 5 /
SB 184 /
Dead 4/7/22
Dead 4/7/22
Delivered to Governor 4/7/22
Dead 4/7/22
AZ
Dead 6/25/22
Dead 6/25/22
Signed by Governor 3/30/22
Dead 6/25/22
FL
Dead 3/14/22
GA
Dead 4/2/22
IA
Dead 5/24/22
ID
H 675
Dead 3/31/22
IN
Dead 3/14/22
Dead 3/14/22
KS
Dead 5/23/22
Dead 5/23/22
KY
Dead 4/14/22
Dead 4/14/22
LA
Dead 6/6/22
Dead 6/6/22
MI
HB 6454
Introduced and referred to committee 10/11/22
MO
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 10/4/22
Dead 5/13/22
MS
Died in committee 2/1/22
Died in committee 2/1/22
NC
Dead 7/1/22
NJ
S 3076
Introduced and referred to committee 9/29/22
NH
HB 1651
Dead 5/26/22
OH
Active 1/3/22
Referred to committee 5/17/22
OK
Dead 5/27/22
Dead 5/27/22
Dead 5/27/22
SC
Dead 5/12/22
TN
HB 2835 /
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
UT
HB 0127
Dead 3/4/22
WI
SB 915 /
Failed to pass 3/15/22
Failed to pass 3/15/22
WV
Dead 3/12/22
b. Single-Sex Facility Restrictions
State
Bill Number
Status
AL
Delivered to Governor 4/7/22
Motion to adopt adopted 2/22/22
MN
HF 3843
Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to committee 2/28/22
MS
SB 2679
Dead 5/23/22
OK
Dead 5/27/22
Dead 5/27/22
Approved by Governor 5/25/22
SD
Dead 3/28/22
VA
HB 1126
Dead 3/12/22
c. Excluding transgender youth from athletics
State
Bill Number
Status
AK
HB 230
Dead 5/18/22
AZ
Dead 6/25/22
Signed by Governor 3/30/22
DE
Dead 6/30/22
Dead 7/25/22
GA
Dead 4/4/22
Dead 4/4/22
Dead 4/4/22
Dead 4/4/22
HI
Dead 5/5/22
IA
HF 2416 /
Dead 5/24/22
Withdrawn 2/21/22
Signed by Governor 3/3/22
Withdrawn 3/2/22
IN
Legislature override of Governor’s veto 5/24/22
KS
Died in committee 5/23/22
Died in committee 5/23/22
KY
Dead 4/14/22
Dead 4/14/22
Veto overriden; delivered to Secretary of State 4/13/22
LA
SB 44
Became Act without Governor’s signature 6/6/22
MD
HB 0757
Dead 4/11/22
MI
Active 1/12/22
MN
Active 1/31/22
Active 1/31/22
Active 1/31/22
Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to committee 3/14/22
MO
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 10/4/22
Dead 5/13/22
MS
Died in committee 2/1/22
Died in committee 2/1/22
NH
HB 198
Dead 5/26/22
NJ
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
OH
Active 1/3/22
Active 1/3/22
Active 1/3/22
OK
Dead 5/27/22
Signed by Governor 3/30/22
Dead 5/27/22
PA
Vetoed by Governor 7/8/22
RI
S 2501
Dead 6/23/22
SC
Dead 5/12/22
Signed by Governor 5/16/22
Dead 5/12/22
SD
Withdrawn 2/7/22
Signed by Governor 2/3/22
TN
HB 1894 /
SB 2153 /
HB 1895 /
Withdrawn from subcommittee 1/31/22
Dead 4/28/22
Signed by Governor 5/6/22
Companion bill subsituted 4/25/22
Signed by Governor 4/22/22
Companion House bill substituted 4/11/22
UT
Legislature overrides Governor’s veto 3/25/22
Dead 3/4/22
VA
SB 766
Dead 3/12/22
WI
AB 195 /
Failed to concur 3/15/22
Failed to pass 3/15/22
Failed to concur 3/15/22
Failed to pass 3/15/22
WV
HB 2141
HB 2676
HB 2734
SB 341
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
WY
SF 0051
Dead 3/11/22
d. Other school or curriculum restrictions
State
Bill Number
Status
AL
HB 322
Delivered to Governor 4/7/22
AZ
Dead 6/25/22
Dead 6/25/22
Signed by Governor 4/29/22
Dead 6/25/22
FL
SB 1834 /
Dead 3/14/22
Signed by Governor 3/28/22
Signed by Governor 4/22/22
GA
HB 1158
Dead 4/2/22
IA
Dead 5/24/22
Dead 5/24/22
Dead 5/24/22
IL
HB 5505
Dead 4/9/22
IN
Dead 3/14/22
Dead 3/14/22
Dead 3/14/22
KY
HB 14
Dead 4/14/22
LA
HB 570
Dead 6/6/22
MI
Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to committee 11/29/22
Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to committee 6/30/22
MS
Died in committee 2/1/22
Died in committee 2/1/22
MO
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 10/4/22
NJ
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
NC
H 755
Dead 7/1/22
OK
HB 1888 /
Dead 5/27/22
Dead 5/27/22
Dead 5/27/22
Dead 5/27/22
PA
Dead 11/30/22
Dead 11/30/22
RI
Dead 6/23/22
Dead 6/23/22
Dead 6/23/22
SC
Dead 5/12/22
Dead 5/12/22
TN
SB 2777 /
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
VA
Passed by indefinitely in committee 2/3/22
Died in committee 2/7/22
WV
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
e. Restrictions on accessing accurate ID
State
Bill Number
Status
MS
SB 2356 /
Dead 2/10/22
Died on calendar 3/9/22
OK
SB 1100
Signed by Governor 4/26/22
f. Other Anti-Trans bills
State
Bill Number
Status
IA
Dead 5/24/22
Dead 5/24/22
Dead 5/24/22
IN
SB 402
Dead 3/14/22
NH
Dead 5/26/22
SC
HB 5150
Effective 7/1/22
Religious Exemption Bills
a. Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs)
State
Bill Number
Status
IA
Dead 5/24/22
Dead 5/24/22
NJ
A 328
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
WV
Dead 3/12/22
WY
HB 0154
Dead 3/11/22
b. Religious Exemptions in Healthcare Implicating LGBTQ People
State
Bill Number
Status
FL
HB 747
Died in committee 3/14/22
KY
HB 495
Dead 4/14/22
SC
Dead 5/12/22
Dead 5/24/22
Signed by Governor 6/17/22
c. Religious Exemptions in Adoption & Foster Care
State
Bill Number
Status
AZ
SB 1399
Signed by Governor 4/6/22
IA
Dead 5/24/22
IN
HB 1338
Dead 3/14/22
KY
Delivered to Governor 3/30/22
Dead 4/14/22
SC
Dead 5/12/22
WV
Dead 3/12/22
d. Other Religious Exemption Bills
State
Bill Number
Status
IA
Dead 5/24/22
MA
Dead 8/1/22
VA
HB 1137
Died in subcommittee 2/10/22
Bills Pre-Empting Local Protections
These bills prevent cities and other local government entities from passing nondiscrimination protections that are more expansive than the protections offered at the state level, including protections for LGBTQ people.
Other Anti-LGBTQ Bills
State
Bill Number
Status
TN
Dead 4/28/22
WI
Failed to pass 3/15/22
Failed to pass 3/15/22
LGBTQ Equality Bills
a. Nondiscrimination protections
State
Bill Number
Status
AK
Dead 5/18/22
Dead 5/18/22
AZ
HB 2630
Dead 6/25/22
FL
HB 1587
Died in committee 3/14/22
ID
H 440
Dead 5/18/22
MI
HB 5349
Active 1/12/22
MS
SB 2130
Died in committee 2/1/22
MO
Dead 5/13/22
Dead 5/13/22
NE
Dead 4/20/22
Dead 4/20/22
Dead 4/20/22
NJ
A 1846
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
OK
Dead 5/27/22
PA
SB 1010
Dead 11/30/22
RI
Dead 6/23/22
Dead 6/23/22
SC
Dead 5/12/22
WV
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
b. Protections in healthcare
State
Bill Number
Status
HI
Dead 5/5/22
IL
SB 2978
Dead 4/9/22
SC
HB 4801
Dead 5/12/22
VT
H. 659
Dead 5/12/22
WA
SB 5688 /
Dead 3/10/22
Dead 3/10/22
c. Allowing updated gender markers on ID
State
Bill Number
Status
AZ
HB 1186
Dead 6/25/22
IL
Dead 4/9/22
Dead 4/9/22
MA
Dead 8/1/22
NJ
A 1171
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
NY
S 607A
Dead 6/4/22
OK
Dead 5/27/22
VT
Signed by Governor 4/8/22
Dead 4/20/22
d. Sex work decriminalization bills
State
Bill Number
Status
CA
Signed by Governor 7/1/22
HI
SB 2557 /
Dead 5/5/22
Dead 5/5/22
MO
HB 2338
Dead 5/13/22
NH
Dead 5/26/22
NY
Dead 6/4/22
Dead 6/4/22
Dead 6/4/22
WA
Dead 3/10/22
Partially vetoed by Governor 3/31/22
e. Other good bills
State
Bill Number
Status
CA
Approved by Governor 9/29/22
Approved by Governor 9/27/22
Approved by Governor 9/16/22
HI
Dead 5/5/2022
IL
Dead 4/9/22
Dead 4/9/22
IN
Dead 3/14/22
Dead 3/14/22
KY
HB 16
Dead 4/14/22
MD
HB 0453 /
Dead 4/11/22
Dead 4/11/22
MN
SF 3130
Dead 3/12/22
NJ
A 1751
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
NY
Dead 6/4/22
OR
Dead 3/4/22
Dead 3/4/22
WA
Signed by Governor 3/31/22
Dead 3/10/22
WV
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
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