Legal Challenge to Idaho School Bathroom Law Dismissed
The plaintiffs withdrew their case after the Ninth Circuit upheld Idaho’s bathroom law, and state officials said SB 1100 remains fully in effect.
- On Wednesday, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit challenging Idaho Senate Bill 1100, a 2023 law requiring students to use school facilities matching their biological sex.
- The dismissal follows a unanimous March 2025 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirming that the statute violates neither the Equal Protection Clause nor Title IX.
- In their court filing, attorneys for the Sexuality and Gender Alliance noted one student passed away and another graduated this week, prompting the dismissal decision.
- Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador stated, "Idaho families can be confident that this law is fully in effect and will remain so," defending the state's privacy interests.
- Under SB 1100, schools must provide single-occupancy accommodations for students preferring private facilities, while allowing students to sue schools for a minimum fine of $5,000 per violation.
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East Idaho News
High school group challenging Idaho’s trans bathroom ban drops lawsuit after student’s death
Women’s restroom sign in the Idaho State Capitol | Robert Patten, EastIdahoNews.com BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s transgender bathroom ban in K-12 public schools could end soon, after a group at Boise High School suing over the law dropped the case. The move came after a transgender student who was part of Boise High School’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance died by suicide, and another stopped attending the school, the …
Legal challenge to Idaho school bathroom law dismissed
A legal challenge against Idaho’s school privacy law has officially come to an end after plaintiffs agreed to dismiss both their district court case and Ninth Circuit appeal. According to a statement issued by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador. The lawsuit, Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield, challenged Senate Bill 1100, a 2023 Idaho law requiring students in K-12 public schools to use bathrooms, locker rooms, showers and overnight …
Hanford Sentinel
Challenge over Idaho’s school bathroom law dropped; law ‘fully in effect’
BOISE, Idaho — Three years ago, opponents filed a lawsuit challenging an Idaho law that bars transgender students from using school bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. Now, that challenge is on the verge of dismissal. On Wednesday, the…
Lawsuit challenging Idaho's anti-trans school bathroom bill voluntarily dismissed
(Smith Collection/Gado / Getty Images)A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s anti-trans school bathroom bill has been dropped.Shortly after the law went into effect in 2023, a seventh-grade Boise High student and the school’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance club sued the state, saying it violated the equal protection clause, title IX and the right to privacy.Under the SB1100, students are prohibited from using restrooms that do not align with their birth s…
Plaintiffs drop lawsuit regarding Idaho's school bathroom law
The plaintiffs challenging a 2023 Idaho law requiring K-12 public school students to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their biological sex have dropped their case and appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court. The law, which was passed as Senate Bill 1100 in 2023, also required schools to offer single-occupancy restrooms and private areas for students that perfer not to use shared spaces.The original lawsuit was filed by a student and the Sexua…
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