Priority Pro-Family Bills for 2022 General Assembly

  • Ensures fairness in girls’ sports by prohibiting males from competing on female teams, and protects females and schools from retaliation for following the law.
  • Letting biological boys play in girls’ sports is decidedly unfair.
  • Enacted in 9 states since 2020 (most recently in Texas last year).
  • Declares religious services an essential service, and prohibits discrimination based on religious identity or conduct.
  • Enacted in at least 4 states in 2021, constitutional amendment passed by 2/3rd of Texas voters in 2021.
  • Bans puberty blockers, cross sex hormones, and sex reassignment surgery on minors; prohibits gov’t funding for such procedures.
  • Transgender interventions for kids violate Hippocratic Oath: Do No Harm
  • Arkansas (SAFE Act) was first state to enact the law in 2021, Tennessee also passed protections.
  • Protects people of faith and the organizations, businesses, and ministries they operate from gov’t discrimination based on their beliefs about marriage, gender, and life.
  • 10 states have enacted protections specifically for adoption/foster-care providers.
  • Defines rights of parents to make critical decisions for their child and balances those rights with the government’s interest.
  • Enacted in 10 states (most recently in Florida last year).
  • Needed reforms to “site-based decision making” council to empower local communities.
  • Pro-life omnibus legislation that will include conscience protections for medical professionals.