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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1704H.P. 1139House of Representatives, April 17, 2025
An Act to Prohibit a School Administrative Unit from Adopting a
Policy That Allows a Student to Use a Restroom Designated for Use
by the Opposite Sex
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative SMITH of Palermo.
Cosponsored by Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, DRINKWATER of Milford, EDER of
Waterboro, PAUL of Winterport, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, Senator: BRADSTREET of
Kennebec. Page 1 - 132LR2322(01)
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2 is enacted to read:
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4 the contrary within Title 5, chapter 337, a school administrative unit may not adopt a policy
5 that permits a student to use a sanitary facility according to the student's gender identity if
6 that sanitary facility is designated for use by a sex that does not correspond to the student's
7 sex assigned at birth.
8 The Department of Education
9 shall update its rules as necessary to conform with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A,
10 section 6501, subsection 6.
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12 This bill prohibits a school administrative unit from adopting a policy that permits a
13 student to use a school restroom according to the student's gender identity if that restroom
14 is designated for use by a sex that does not correspond to the student's sex assigned at birth.
15 The bill also directs the Department of Education to update its rules consistent with this
16 legislation.
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