{"id":2405813,"date":"2025-02-23T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T22:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-signs-bill-to-protect-womens-privacy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T22:33:34","slug":"utah-governor-signs-bill-to-protect-womens-privacy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-signs-bill-to-protect-womens-privacy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah governor signs bill to protect women\u2019s privacy &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futah-governor-signs-bill-to-protect-womens-privacy-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Utah \u200bGovernor Spencer Cox \u2062has signed House Bill 269, which prohibits men who identify as women from living in female\u2064 dormitories at public \u2064colleges,\u2064 aiming to enhance privacy\u2062 for\u200b students in sex-segregated housing. The bill&#8217;s sponsor, Rep. Stephanie Gricius, emphasized \u200cthe need for privacy and comfort in such spaces, \u200dwhile \u2064allowing for \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-summer-camp-will-house-trans-adults-in-kids-cabins-without-telling-parents-if-they-ask\/\" title=\"Colorado summer camp to accommodate transgender adults in children&#039;s cabins without parental notification upon inquiry.\">gender-neutral housing<\/a> \u200das an option. This legislation mandates that public institutions \u200dassign students \u200dto housing based on sex \u2064designated in their \u200bbirth certificates. The ACLU of\u2064 Utah has expressed\u200c opposition, arguing that the bill\u2063 is discriminatory and harmful \u200bto transgender and non-binary individuals. Supporters of the\u200d bill, including students who \u200dhave\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-blames-biden-for-citys-budget-woes-yell-at-dc\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor Eric Adams blames Biden for city&#039;s budget woes: &#039;Yell at DC&#039;\">shared \u200cpersonal experiences<\/a>, argue that it prioritizes safety and privacy. The bill was \u2063one of several that the governor \u2064signed during the state&#8217;s legislative session.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Utah governor signs bill to protect women&rsquo;s privacy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016266\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill that will ban men who say they&rsquo;re women from dorming with women in public higher education, although <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">gender-neutral living quarters<\/a> are still permissible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;H.B. 269 is common-sense legislation that will enhance privacy for students residing in on-campus housing at public universities,&rdquo; the bill&rsquo;s main sponsor, Utah Rep. Stephanie Gricius, told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not fair to students to create an expectation of privacy in a sex-segregated dorm or apartment, then assign them to live with someone who shares their gender identity but whose biology matches the opposite sex,&rdquo; Gricius said.<\/p>\n<p>Gruicus explained that &ldquo;universities may designate gender-neutral living arrangements for students who do not want to live in sex-segregated spaces.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These clear guidelines and options for on-campus housing will ensure comfort and privacy for all students,&rdquo; Gricius said.<\/p>\n<p>Utah&rsquo;s House Bill 269 states that it &ldquo;requires degree-granting institutions to comply with sex designations in assigning students to dwelling units within the institution&rsquo;s sex-designated student housing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To preserve the individual privacy of males and females, a degree-granting institution that provides student housing may only rent to, assign, or otherwise place an individual in a dwelling unit that is sex-designated within the institution&rsquo;s student housing if the individual&rsquo;s sex corresponds with the sex designation of the dwelling unit within the institution&rsquo;s student housing,&rdquo; the bill states.<\/p>\n<p>An &ldquo;unamended birth certificate that corresponds with the sex designation of the dwelling unit&rdquo; can be used as evidence in &ldquo;a defense against an allegation that the individual is not eligible&rdquo; for a certain sex-designated residence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nothing in this section prohibits a degree-granting institution from offering a dwelling unit in student housing that is not sex-designated if the institution only assigns or places an individual in the dwelling unit who seeks a dwelling unit that is not sex-designated,&rdquo; the bill states.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Stephanie Gricius is the bill&rsquo;s main sponsor, while Sen. Brady Brammer is the floor sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, a member of Brammer&rsquo;s team referred The Center Square to Gricius.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU of Utah is opposed to the bill, stating in a letter to the governor it believes that the bill is &ldquo;unnecessary,&rdquo; and &ldquo;perpetuates discrimination, needlessly imposes barriers to access higher education, and will result in harm to transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming Utahns.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, communications director at the ACLU of Utah Aaron Welcher directed TCS to the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Students and parents have expressed support for the bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would never have chosen to live on campus in an apartment with a man identifying as a woman,&rdquo; Utah State University student Avery Saltzman, who was in the same dorm as a transgender-identifying man her freshman year, said at a hearing for HB269, as reported by Deseret News.<\/p>\n<p>The situation &ldquo;puts women in a position where we have to decide to put ourselves at risk&hellip;or face social persecution,&rdquo; Saltzman said.<\/p>\n<p>When a male resident assistant who says he is a woman moved into Saltzman&rsquo;s dorm, she texted her mother, &ldquo;I think a guy pretending to be a woman moved into my apartment,&rdquo; as reported by Campus Reform.<\/p>\n<p>Saltzman&rsquo;s mother Cheryl told Campus Reform, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t even believe how little [the school cares] about the safety and protection and privacy of these girls. It is alarming.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Utah State gave Avery a different living arrangement, according to Campus Reform.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Center Square reached out to Governor Cox&rsquo;s deputy director of communications Julia Pappas twice and received no comment.<\/p>\n<p>H.B. 269 was one of the bills the governor signed in his first dozen of the 2025 General Legislative Session, as observed on the state of Utah&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2016266\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2016266\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah governor signs bill to safeguard women&#8217;s privacy in dorms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iStock-1329936143-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4173,4762,4133,5764,50945],"class_list":["post-2405813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-governor","tag-legislation","tag-news","tag-utah","tag-womens-privacy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iStock-1329936143-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405817,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405813\/revisions\/2405817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}