Senate Bill 2199

• Words referring to an individual must be used in the context of that person's sex as determined at birth.

• If sex, gender, gender identity, or gender expression is contested, determination is established by the individual's DNA.

• This section applies to all policies, records, forms, rules, standards, procedures, guides, materials, instruction, training, correspondence, advertising, or marketing used by any entity receiving state funding, including a public school, an institution under the control of the state board of higher education, and a state agency or office.

• Any person that violates this section must be assessed a fee of $1500.

Why is this bill needed?

• Radical gender activists are trying to redefine manhood and womanhood as a subjective state unrelated to biology. This particularly limits opportunities for women and girls and threatens their privacy and safety.

• Under state Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) laws, individuals and organizations have faced lawsuits in various professions for acting in a manner that is consistent with their beliefs about sexual identity.

• Laws that allow the definition of sex to include gender identity can:

  • penalize Americans who do not affirm new sexual norms or gender ideology;

  • compel speech;

  • be used to shut down charities;

  • allow biological males to defeat girls in sports;

  • be used to coerce medical professionals;

  • interfere with parental rights in education and health care;

  • enable sexual assault

  • be used to impose K–12 curricula in schools promoting homosexuality and transgender theory.

• The state of North Dakota has an obligation to protect its citizens from federal policies that would eliminate hard-won sex-based rights for women and girls.