A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked enforcement of key provisions of California's AB 1955, ruling that the state likely cannot prevent parents from being informed when their children adopt a different gender identity at school.
In a June 18 decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted a preliminary injunction in City of Huntington Beach v. Newsom, preventing enforcement of portions of the law against seven parent-plaintiffs while the case proceeds. The ruling follows the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta, which found that California's school gender identity policies likely violate parents' constitutional rights. (America First Legal)
AB 1955, signed into law in 2024, prohibits school districts from requiring
