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Introduced Session

This bill establishes the Youth Sports Task Force. Under the bill, the task force will consist of 13 members including six members who each have a background in, or special knowledge of, the legal, policy, educational, social, or psychological aspects of bullying. Of these six members, two will be appointed by the Senate President, two will be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, and two will be appointed by the Governor. The task force will also consist of seven members of the public to be appointed by the Governor, including the parents or guardians of athletes participating on youth sports teams and a youth who was a victim of harassment, intimidation, or bullying while participating on a youth sports team. The task force will study and consider issues of youth sports including, but not limited to: · protection for parents, guardians, and athletes from unscrupulous business practices conducted by for-profit entities sponsoring youth sports activities; · financial oversight to strengthen the business practices of youth sports team organizations and for-profit entities sponsoring youth sports activities; · training for coaches to recognize the signs and symptoms of harassment, intimidation, and bullying; · ways to acknowledge and promote youth sports as an extension of the classroom; · developing training workshops for parents and guardians to recognize the signs and symptoms of harassment, intimidation, bullying, and abusive coaching, and on proper spectator conduct; and · protection for sports officials from abusive behavior while engaged in the performance of their duties. The bill directs the task force to issue a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature no later than one year after its organizational meeting. The task force will expire 30 days after the submission of its final report.

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John McKeon (D)*,  Benjie Wimberly (D)*,  Joe Danielsen (D),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D), 

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 06/28/2021)