Transgender dorm bill passes Utah Legislature, heads to Gov. Cox’s desk

[Jessica_Rose]

Transgender dorm bill passes Utah Legislature, heads to Gov. Cox's desk

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/transgender-dorm-bill-passes-utah-legislature-heads-to-gov-cox-s-desk/ar-AA1yQhBb?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=d3bfc6cca2f0459bdceb06c8abc279f8&ei=5

Story by Aubree B. Jennings (11 Feb 2025)

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Utah bill proposing restrictions on transgender students in university housing passed the Utah Legislature Monday and is now being prepared for Gov. Spencer Cox to review.

H.B. 269 "Privacy Protections in Sex-designated Areas" was passed by Utah legislators Monday and sent to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel Tuesday to be enrolled, or prepared, for Gov. Cox to review.

The bill seeks to restrict transgender students from living in sex-designated university housing that does not align with their biological sex. The proposed law would not apply to unisex or single-occupant student housing and makes exceptions for intersex individuals.

"To preserve the individual privacy of males and females, a degree-granting institution that provides student housing may only rent to, assign, or otherwise place an individual in a dwelling unit that is sex-designated ... if the individual's sex corresponds with the sex designation of the dwelling unit," the bill reads.

"I have to wonder if there's not a way for us to navigate these spaces where there's discomfort in a way that doesn't 'other' people and make people feel as if they're being legislated out of existence," Senator Jen Plumb (D – District 9) said during the open session.