New California Parental Notification Law Affecting Transgender Students Faces First Legal Challenge

The complaint alleges AB 1955 is an ‘unconstitutional invasion of the parent/child relationship by the State.’

AP/Rich Pedroncelli, file
California passed legislation this year providing legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families. AP/Rich Pedroncelli, file

California is facing the first legal challenge to a new law prohibiting schools from putting policies in place that require parents be notified if their children start to use different pronouns or identify as a different gender. 

In a post on X, the City of Huntington Beach, California, said it is challenging the state’s AB 1955 law.

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