Bill Title: Creates the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that the intent of the Act is for the requirements of the Act to apply equally to the governing board of each public institution of higher education in this State. Defines "governing board of each public institution of higher education" and "public institution of higher education". Requires that, beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, all documents and forms, including applications for admission, issued by a public institution of higher education offer a student the option to select "non-binary" if the document or form asks the student to identify the student's gender or biological sex. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-07 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended [HB4265 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Engrossed	2022-03-04	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2021-12-10	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2022-02-17	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2022-02-09	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
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