On Monday the Arkansas House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to help protect students and teachers who decline to use a person’s preferred pronouns at school.
H.B. 1468 by Rep. Wayne Long (R – Bradford) and Sen. Mark Johnson (R – Little Rock) says that a student or teacher cannot not be penalized for declining to address a person by a pronoun that is inconsistent with the person’s biological sex.
As we have reported before, educators in other states have been fired and suspended for declining to use students’ chosen pronouns.
H.B. 1468 would help prevent that from happening in Arkansas.
The bill now goes to the Arkansas Senate for consideration.
The Following Representatives Voted For H.B. 1468
- Andrews
- Barker
- Beaty Jr.
- Beck
- Bentley
- M. Berry
- Breaux
- K. Brown
- M. Brown
- Burkes
- John Carr
- Cavenaugh
- C. Cooper
- Cozart
- Crawford
- Duffield
- Duke
- Evans
- C. Fite
- L. Fite
- Fortner
- Furman
- Gazaway
- Gramlich
- Haak
- D. Hodges
- G. Hodges
- Hollowell
- L. Johnson
- Ladyman
- Long
- Lundstrum
- Lynch
- Maddox
- McAlindon
- McClure
- McCollum
- M. McElroy
- McGrew
- McNair
- S. Meeks
- Miller
- Milligan
- J. Moore
- Painter
- Pearce
- Pilkington
- Puryear
- Ray
- Richmond
- Rose
- Rye
- R. Scott Richardson
- Steimel
- Tosh
- Underwood
- Unger
- Vaught
- Walker
- Warren
- Watson
- Wing
- Womack
- Wooldridge
- Wooten
The Following Representatives Voted Against H.B. 1468
- Joey Carr
- Clowney
- A. Collins
- Ennett
- D. Ferguson
- K. Ferguson
- V. Flowers
- D. Garner
- Hudson
- Magie
- McCullough
- Nicks
- Perry
- J. Richardson
- Scott
- T. Shephard
- Springer
- D. Whitaker
The Following Representatives Voted “Present”
- Brooks
- Gonzales
- Hawk
- B. McKenzie
- Schulz
The Following Representatives Did Not Vote
- Achor
- F. Allen
- S. Berry
- Dalby
- Eaves
- Eubanks
- Holcomb
- Jean
- J. Mayberry
- K. Moore
- Wardlaw
- Speaker Shepherd
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