Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that prohibits all-gender bathrooms, including single-occupant restrooms in public schools in North Dakota.

Highlights:

• Prohibits all-gender bathrooms, including single-occupant restrooms in public schools in North Dakota (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Attorney General’s office to be tasked with investigating parental complaints or schools that don’t comply and specifies courts could fine schools found in noncompliance $2,500 per violation (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits schools from adopting a policy or guidelines, whether implicit or explicit, requiring or prohibiting an individual from using a student's preferred gender pronoun (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning January 1, 2025 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that prohibits all-gender bathrooms, including single-occupant restrooms in public schools in North Dakota.

Highlights:

• Prohibits all-gender bathrooms, including single-occupant restrooms in public schools in North Dakota (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Attorney General’s office to be tasked with investigating parental complaints or schools that don’t comply and specifies courts could fine schools found in noncompliance $2,500 per violation (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits schools from adopting a policy or guidelines, whether implicit or explicit, requiring or prohibiting an individual from using a student's preferred gender pronoun (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning January 1, 2025 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits all-gender bathrooms, including single-occupant restrooms in public schools in North Dakota.

Highlights:

• Prohibits all-gender bathrooms, including single-occupant restrooms in public schools in North Dakota (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Attorney General’s office to be tasked with investigating parental complaints or schools that don’t comply and specifies courts could fine schools found in noncompliance $2,500 per violation (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits schools from adopting a policy or guidelines, whether implicit or explicit, requiring or prohibiting an individual from using a student's preferred gender pronoun (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning January 1, 2025 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text