ENROLLEDHFAHB1137 4145 3846 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Representative Crews to Engrossed House Bill No.

1137 BYby REPRESENTATIVERepresentative CREWSCrews ANDAMENDMENT SENATORSNO. BASS, EDMONDS, HODGES, MIGUEZ, MORRIS, AND SEABAUGH AN ACT To enact R.S.

1 On page 1, delete lines 2 through 4 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"To enact R.S.

to prohibit compelledcompelledspeechintheworkplace; speech in the workplace;

totoprovidefortheuseofcertainpronounsorhonorifics; provide for the use of certain pronouns or honorifics;

and to provide for related matters.matters." AMENDMENT NO.

Be2 itOn enactedpage by1, thedelete Legislaturelines of7 Louisiana:through 9 in their entiretyand insert in lieu thereof the following:

Section"§333. 1.

R.S.

23:333 is hereby enacted to read as follows:

§333.

ForForthepurposesofthis theSection,thefollowingtermshavethemeanings purposes of this Section, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them:

(1)(a) "Employee"meansapersonemployedbythestate,anybranchofstate"Employee" government,means anystatea board,person commission,who performs services for wages or other agency,remunerationand is subject to the direction or anylocalcontrol subdivisionof ofthestatefortheperformanceofwork,includingafull-time,part-time,temporary,an employer in the performanceof work, including a full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal worker.

Page(2) 1"Legal name"means a person's name as evidencedon the person's original birth certificate issued at or near the time of 4birth, CODING:or otherwise lawfullyamended.

Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored(3) are"Sex" additions.means a person's immutable biological sex, either femaleor male, as may be evidencedon the original birth certificateissuedatornearthe time of birth that indicates that the person is one of the following:

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1137 ENROLLED (2) "Employer" means any of the following:

(a) The state of Louisiana and any office, department, agency, board, commission, institution, or instrumentality thereof.

(b) Any political subdivision of the state, including but not limited to any parish or municipality, special district, or other local governmental unit, and any agency, board, commission, or instrumentality thereof.

(3) "Legal name" means a person's name as evidenced on the person's original birth certificate issued at or near the time of birth, or otherwise lawfully amended.

(4) "Sex" means a person's immutable biological sex,eitherfemaleormale, as may be evidenced on the original birth certificate issued at or near the time of birth that indicates that the person is one of the following:

(b) "Male"whichmeansanindividualwhosebiologicalreproductivesystem"Male" which means an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female who has had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.

(2) AnAnemployershall employer shall not adoptadoptorenforceapolicythatrequiresanemployeeto or enforce a policy that requires an employee to use aanameotherthantheemployee'slegalname,oraderivativethereof,in nameofficialemployment other than the employee's legal name, or a derivative thereof, in official employment records or communications.

C.(1) An employee shall not be required, as a condition of employment, to addressanotheremployeeoranyotherpersonbyanameotherthantheperson'slegaladdress another employee or any other person by a name other than the person's legal name, or a derivative thereof, or to use pronouns, salutations, titles, or honorifics inconsistent with the other employee's or person's sex.

Page(2) 2Anemployeeshallnot besubjectto anadverseemploymentactionfordeclining or refusing to do any of 4the CODING:following:

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1137 ENROLLED (2) An employee shall not be subject to an adverse employment action for declining or refusing to do any of the following:

(b)Page Address1 aof person2 usingCODING: a name other than the person's legal name, or a derivative thereof, or by a pronoun, salutation, title, or other honorific inconsistent with the person's sex.

Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.

HFAHB1137 4145 3846 (b) Addressapersonusinganameotherthantheperson'slegalname,oraderivative thereof, or by a pronoun, salutation, title, or other honorific inconsistent with the person's sex.

Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a request from one employeeemployeetoanotheremployee,oravoluntaryagreementamongemployeesregardingforms to another employee, or a voluntary agreement among employees regarding forms of addressing a person, if that agreement is not compelled by the employer.

(3) The Supreme Court of the United States has affirmedaffirmedthat that the First Amendment prohibitsthegovernmentfromcompellingspeechbyrequiringanindividualtocommunicate messages contrary to sincerely held religious beliefs.

Page(4) 3Provide clear statutory protections consistent with the First Amendment of 4the CODING:Constitution of the United States and applicable court opinions.

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1137 ENROLLED (4) Provide clear statutory protections consistent with the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and applicable court opinions.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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