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CS/SB 1642: Gender Identity Employment Practices

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; McClain

Gender Identity Employment Practices; Citing this act as the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act"; specifying an employment policy of this state relating to a person’s sex; providing applicability; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employers to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee’s or contractor’s sex; prohibiting the inclusion on certain forms of specified options relating to an applicant’s sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for certain employers to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/4/2026 Senate - CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/9/2026 Senate • Filed
    1/16/2026 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules
    1/22/2026 Senate • Introduced
    1/28/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    2/2/2026 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
    2/3/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/4/2026 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

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  • CS/SB 1642, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/3/2026 at 2:05 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 641 (c1) Gender Identity Employment Practices Government Operations Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/17/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    112.0456 Page 2 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 4 (pdf)
    760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • SB 1642, Original Filed Version Posted 1/9/2026 at 1:42 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 1/30/2026 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 2/3/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 641 Gender Identity Employment Practices Government Operations Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/17/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    837724 - Amendment
    Delete lines 32 - 34 and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (McClain)     		1/30/2026
    2:32 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/2/2026     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/2/2026 3:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 6 Yeas - 3 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.1051 Page 2 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 4 (pdf)
    760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. Page 5 (pdf)

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