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鈥� 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
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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
Dead 3/31/22
IN
Dead 3/14/22
Dead 3/14/22
KS
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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
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
Introduced and referred to committee 9/29/22
NH
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
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Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
Dead 4/28/22
UT
Dead 3/4/22
WI
/
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
Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to committee 2/28/22
MS
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
Dead 3/12/22
c. Excluding transgender youth from athletics
State
Bill Number
Status
AK
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
/
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
Became Act without Governor's signature 6/6/22
MD
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
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
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
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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
Dead 3/12/22
WI
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/
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
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
Dead 3/12/22
WY
Dead 3/11/22
d. Other school or curriculum restrictions
State
Bill Number
Status
AL
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
/
Dead 3/14/22
Signed by Governor 3/28/22
Signed by Governor 4/22/22
GA
Dead 4/2/22
IA
Dead 5/24/22
Dead 5/24/22
Dead 5/24/22
IL
Dead 4/9/22
IN
Dead 3/14/22
Dead 3/14/22
Dead 3/14/22
KY
Dead 4/14/22
LA
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
Dead 7/1/22
OK
/
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
/
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
/
Dead 2/10/22
Died on calendar 3/9/22
OK
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
Dead 3/14/22
NH
Dead 5/26/22
SC
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
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
WV
Dead 3/12/22
WY
Dead 3/11/22
b. Religious Exemptions in Healthcare Implicating LGBTQ People
State
Bill Number
Status
FL
Died in committee 3/14/22
KY
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
Signed by Governor 4/6/22
IA
Dead 5/24/22
IN
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
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
Dead 6/25/22
FL
Died in committee 3/14/22
ID
Dead 5/18/22
MI
Active 1/12/22
MS
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
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
OK
Dead 5/27/22
PA
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
Dead 4/9/22
SC
Dead 5/12/22
VT
Dead 5/12/22
WA
/
Dead 3/10/22
Dead 3/10/22
c. Allowing updated gender markers on ID
State
Bill Number
Status
AZ
Dead 6/25/22
IL
Dead 4/9/22
Dead 4/9/22
MA
Dead 8/1/22
NJ
Introduced and referred to committee 1/11/22
NY
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
/
Dead 5/5/22
Dead 5/5/22
MO
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
Dead 4/14/22
MD
/
Dead 4/11/22
Dead 4/11/22
MN
Dead 3/12/22
NJ
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