SB552: Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
Engrossed
Senate
Keyword matches: ["gender_sex"]
Summary
This bill would permit the classification of individuals based on their biological sex in certain undefined circumstances. This legislation would primarily undermine the rights of transgender individuals by allowing for policies that could deny them access to gender-aligned facilities, sports, or services, and reinforces rigid, essentialist definitions of sex that may negatively impact the autonomy and rights of all women.
Sponsors
Kevin Avard
R - SD-012
Primary
Timothy Lang
R - SD-002
Co-sponsor
Regina Birdsell
R - SD-019
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-11-24 Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; Senate Journal 1
- 2026-02-05 Hearing: 02/11/2026, Room 103, State House, 01:00 pm; Senate Calendar 5
- 2026-02-17 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/05/2026, Vote 3-2; Senate Calendar 8
- 2026-03-05 Special Order to the end of the calendar, Without Objection, Motion Adopted; 03/05/2026; Senate Journal 5
- 2026-03-05 Ought to Pass: Regular Calendar 16Y-8N, Motion Adopted; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; Senate Journal 5
- 2026-03-16 Introduced (in recess of) 03/12/2026 and referred to Judiciary House Journal 8
- 2026-03-17 Public Hearing: 03/25/2026 10:30 am GP 230
- 2026-04-08 Executive Session: 04/08/2026 10:30 am GP 230
- 2026-05-05 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/08/2026 (Vote 9-8; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 19 P. 25
- 2026-05-05 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- 2026-05-14 Special Order to after Executive Departments and Administration (Rep. Lynn): Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/14/2026 House Journal 13
- 2026-05-14 Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 179-159 05/14/2026 House Journal 13
Committee Referrals
2025-11-24
Judiciary
Senate
2026-03-16
Judiciary
House
Calendar Events
Past Events (3)
2026-02-11
Hearing - Room 103, State House
2026-03-25
Hearing - GP 230
2026-04-08
Hearing - GP 230
Votes
Ought to Pass
2026-03-05
Passed
Yea: 16
Nay: 8
NV: 0
Absent: 0
Individual Votes (24)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Nay | Daniel Innis | Yea |
| David Watters | Nay | Daryl Abbas | Yea |
| Debra Altschiller | Nay | David Rochefort | Yea |
| Donovan Fenton | Nay | Denise Ricciardi | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Howard Pearl | Yea |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Nay | James Gray | Yea |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Nay | Keith Murphy | Yea |
| Tara Reardon | Nay | Kevin Avard | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Yea | ||
| Regina Birdsell | Yea | ||
| Ruth Ward | Yea | ||
| Sharon Carson | Yea | ||
| Tim McGough | Yea | ||
| Timothy Lang | Yea | ||
| Victoria Sullivan | Yea | ||
| William Gannon | Yea |
OTP
2026-05-14
Passed
Yea: 179
Nay: 159
NV: 18
Absent: 37
Individual Votes (393)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Simpson | Nay | Aboul Khan | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Nay | Adam Presa | Yea |
| Alicia Gregg | Absent | Alvin See | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Nay | Andrew Prout | Yea |
| Allan Howland | Nay | Arnold Davis | Absent |
| Allison Knab | Nay | Barbara Comtois | Absent |
| Amy Malone | NV | Bill Boyd | Yea |
| Anita Burroughs | Nay | Bill Ohm | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Nay | Bob Lynn | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Absent | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Absent | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Nay | Brian Nadeau | Yea |
| Bobbi Boudman | Nay | Brian Seaworth | Yea |
| Brian Sullivan | Nay | Brian Taylor | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Nay | Bryan Morse | NV |
| Carrie Sorensen | Nay | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Carry Spier | Nay | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Nay | Cathy Kenny | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Nay | Charles Foote | NV |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Absent | Charles McMahon | Yea |
| Cathryn Harvey | Nay | Charles Melvin | Yea |
| Charlie St. Clair | Nay | Cindy Bennett | Yea |
| Chris McAleer | Nay | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Nay | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Nay | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Nay | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | Nay | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Nay | Darrell Louis | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Yea | David Love | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Nay | David Lundgren | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | Nay | David Milz | Yea |
| Daniel LeClerc | Nay | David Nagel | Absent |
| Daniel Veilleux | Nay | David Walker | Yea |
| David Fracht | Nay | Deborah Aylward | Yea |
| David Luneau | Nay | Debra DeSimone | Yea |
| David Meuse | Nay | Denis Murphy | Yea |
| David Paige | Nay | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Absent |
| David Preece | Absent | Dennis Mannion | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Nay | Diane Kelley | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Nay | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Nay | Dick Thackston | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Nay | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Nay | Donald McFarlane | Absent |
| Ellen Read | Nay | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Nay | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Nay | Douglas Trottier | NV |
| Eric Turer | Nay | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erica deVries | Nay | Ernesto Gonzalez | NV |
| Erik Johnson | Nay | Gary Daniels | Yea |
| Erin Kerwin | Nay | George Grant | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Nay | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Absent | Glen Aldrich | Yea |
| Gary Gilmore | Nay | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Nay | Gregory Hill | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | Nay | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| George Sykes | Nay | Jack Flanagan | Yea |
| Gerald Ward | Nay | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Gregory Sargent | Nay | James Spillane | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Nay | James Summers | Yea |
| Heather Baldwin | Absent | James Thibault | Yea |
| Heather Raymond | Nay | James Tierney | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Nay | Jason Osborne | Yea |
| Jaci Grote | Nay | Jay Markell | Yea |
| James Gruber | Nay | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James MacKay | NV | Jeanine Notter | Yea |
| James Newsom | Nay | Jeffrey Tenczar | Absent |
| James Roesener | Nay | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Janet Lucas | Nay | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Nay | Jess Edwards | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Nay | Jim Creighton | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Absent | Jim Fedolfi | Absent |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Nay | Jim Kofalt | Absent |
| Jerry Stringham | Nay | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | Nay | Jodi Nelson | Absent |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Nay | Joe Alexander | Yea |
| Jim Maggiore | Nay | Joe Sweeney | Yea |
| Jim Snodgrass | Nay | John Hunt | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Nay | John Janigian | Yea |
| John Cloutier | Nay | John Leavitt | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Nay | John MacDonald | Yea |
| John Stone | NV | John Potucek | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | Yea | John Schneller | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Absent | John Sellers | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Nay | John Suiter | Absent |
| Karen Hegner | Nay | John Sytek | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Nay | Jonathan Morton | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Nay | Jonathan Smith | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Nay | Jordan Ulery | Yea |
| Kristina Schultz | Nay | Jose Cambrils | Yea |
| Laura Telerski | Nay | Joseph Barton | Absent |
| Laurel Stavis | Nay | Joseph Guthrie | Yea |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Nay | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Nay | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Nay | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Nay | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | NV |
| Linda Haskins | Absent | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Linda Ryan | NV | Karel Crawford | NV |
| Loren Foxx | Nay | Katelyn Kuttab | Yea |
| Loren Selig | Nay | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Nay | Kathleen Paquette | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Nay | Katy Peternel | Yea |
| Lucy Weber | Nay | Keith Ammon | Yea |
| Luz Bay | Nay | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Nay | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Nay | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Nay | Kevin Scully | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Nay | Kevin Verville | Absent |
| Mark Paige | Nay | Kimberly Rice | Absent |
| Mark Vallone | NV | Kristin Noble | Yea |
| Martin Jack | Nay | Kristine Perez | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Nay | Larry Gagne | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Nay | Laurence Miner | Yea |
| Mary Wallner | Nay | Leonard Turcotte | Yea |
| Matthew Hicks | Absent | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Nay | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Nay | Linda Franz | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Nay | Linda Gould | Yea |
| Michael Cahill | Nay | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Nay | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Molly Howard | Nay | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Nay | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Myles England | Absent | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Nay | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | Nay | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Nay | Lorie Ball | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Nay | Louise Andrus | Yea |
| Paige Beauchemin | Nay | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Patricia Cornell | Nay | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Nay | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Nay | Mark Pearson | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Nay | Mark Proulx | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Nay | Mark Warden | Yea |
| Peter Leishman | Nay | Mary Ford | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Nay | Mary Murphy | Yea |
| Peter Petrigno | Nay | Matt Drew | Yea |
| Peter Schmidt | Nay | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Philip Jones | Nay | Matthew Coker | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Nay | Matthew Pitaro | Yea |
| Richard Ames | Nay | Maureen Mooney | Yea |
| Rosemarie Rung | Nay | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | Nay | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Sallie Fellows | Nay | Michael Granger | NV |
| Samantha Jacobs | Nay | Michael Harrington | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Absent | Michael Moffett | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Nay | Michael Murphy | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Nay | Michael Vose | Yea |
| Stephanie Grund | Nay | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Stephanie Payeur | Nay | Mike Bordes | Absent |
| Stephen Woodcock | Nay | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Sue Newman | Nay | Mike Ouellet | Yea |
| Suraj Budathoki | Nay | Nicholas Bridle | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Nay | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Susan Elberger | Nay | Paul Terry | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Nay | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Suzanne Vail | Nay | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Nay | Peter Morency | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Nay | Peter Varney | Absent |
| Thomas Buco | Absent | Phyllis Katsakiores | Yea |
| Thomas Cormen | Nay | Pierre Dupont | Yea |
| Thomas Oppel | Nay | Ralph Boehm | Yea |
| Thomas Schamberg | Nay | Raymond Peeples | Absent |
| Thomas Southworth | Nay | Raymond Plante | Yea |
| Tim Hartnett | Nay | Richard Brown | Absent |
| Timothy Horrigan | Nay | Richard Lascelles | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Nay | Richard Nalevanko | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Absent | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | Nay | Riche Colcombe | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Nay | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Nay | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Nay | Robert Harb | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Nay | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Nay | Robley Hall | Absent |
| William Darby | Nay | Roderick Ladd | Yea |
| William Dolan | Nay | Ron Dunn | Yea |
| William Palmer | Nay | Ross Berry | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Nay | Russell Dumais | NV |
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sayra Devito | Absent | ||
| Scott Bryer | Yea | ||
| Sean Durkin | Absent | ||
| Seth King | Yea | ||
| Shane Sirois | Yea | ||
| Sheri Minor | Yea | ||
| Sherman Packard | Yea | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Yea | ||
| Steven Bogert | Absent | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | NV | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Yea | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Yea | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Nay | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | Yea | ||
| Ted Gorski | Yea | ||
| Terry Roy | NV | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | Yea | ||
| Tim Mannion | NV | ||
| Tom Dolan | Yea | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Yea | ||
| Travis Corcoran | NV | ||
| Travis Toner | Yea | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | Absent | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Yea | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Yea | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Yea | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Yea | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Yea | ||
| Yury Polozov | Yea |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — NV