Utah has a highly restrictive legislative landscape for transgender individuals, with multiple anti-trans bills introduced from 2023 to 2025. Key enacted legislation includes SB 16 (2023), banning gender-affirming medical treatments for minors, and additional bills tracked in 2024 and 2025 targeting sports, healthcare, bathrooms, and education.
2023:
- SB 16 (Transgender Medical Treatments and Procedures Amendments): Signed into law in January 2023
- Bans gender-affirming medical treatments for minors (puberty blockers, hormones, surgeries)
- Passed Senate (21-7-1), House (58-14-2), and concurrence (20-8-1)
- Effective immediately upon enrollment (January 27, 2023)
2023 (10 bills tracked):
- Healthcare: Restrictions on treatments
- Sports: Restrictions on transgender athlete participation
- Performance, Education, Birth Certificates: Various restrictions
2024 (11 bills tracked):
- Sports: Amendments for student athlete participation and sex-based designations
- Healthcare: Nondiscrimination protections in custody cases based on gender identity disagreement
- Bathroom Access, Civil Rights, Education, Incarceration: Various restrictions
- Concurrent Resolution: Opposed federal Title IX regulations effective August 1, 2024, as federal overreach
2025 (13 bills tracked):
- Healthcare: Prohibiting public funding for hormonal treatments or sex characteristic surgeries
- Bathroom Access, Education, Child Abuse, Incarceration, Performance, Sports, Other: Various restrictions
- Education: Restrictions on flag displays in schools
| Name |
Party |
Chamber |
Key Actions |
| No specific politicians identified in search results for anti-trans bills |
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| Date |
Event |
| January 27, 2023 |
SB 16 enrolled and takes effect |
| 2023 |
10 anti-trans bills tracked |
| 2024 |
11 anti-trans bills tracked |
| 2025 |
13 anti-trans bills tracked |
- Utah Legislature - SB 16
- Trans Legislation Tracker 2025/UT
- Trans Legislation Tracker 2024/UT
- Trans Legislation Tracker 2023/UT
- ACLU Legislative Attacks 2023
Last updated: 2026-04-02