A California bill that would require school employees to out transgender students to their parents will not get a committee hearing, meaning the legislation is effectively dead.

Assembly Bill AB 1314, by Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Riverside, was assigned to the Assembly Education Committee, which is chaired by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance.

On Monday, Muratsuchi announced that he is holding the bill without a hearing. He said that students deserve to be loved and supported for who they are, including when attending school, and that the gender identity conversation is one that should take place between parents and their children in a safe, private space.

“As Chair of the Education Committee, I will not be setting AB 1314 for a hearing, not only because the bill is proposing bad policy, but also because a hearing would potentially provide a forum for increasingly hateful rhetoric targeting LGBTQ youth,” Muratsuchi said in a statement.

Muratsuchi’s announcement was cheered by the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, chaired by Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, D-Stockton.

The caucus said in a statement that AB 1314 ignores that not all trans and nonbinary youths have loving and supportive families.

Fewer than a third of trans and nonbinary youths said they viewed their home as a safe and affirming place, according to a 2022 survey by the LGBTQ advocacy group The Trevor Project.

“The reality is that LGBTQ+ youth oftentimes face harassment, isolation, bullying and even physical harm from their own families,” the caucus said in a statement. “Additionally, we know that LGBTQ+ youth are being negatively impacted by recent debates and laws around anti-LGBTQ+ policies and many have experienced victimization as a result.”