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KS SB55
KS SB55Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.
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Introduced
01/21/2021
01/21/2021
In Committee
03/18/2021
03/18/2021
Crossed Over
02/10/2021
02/10/2021
Passed
05/03/2021
05/03/2021
Dead
Vetoed
05/03/2021
05/03/2021
Introduced Session
2021-2022 Regular Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT concerning the healing arts; relating to healing arts schools; professional services performed thereby; authorization thereof; amending K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 17-2707, 17-7668 and 65-2877a and repealing the existing sections. 5
AI Summary
This bill, titled the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act," proposes to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female. The bill outlines several findings regarding the inherent physiological differences between men and women that provide advantages for men in most sports. It mandates that interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic teams be designated as male, female, or coed, and that female teams be closed to male students. The bill also provides avenues for legal recourse for students who are harmed by violations of the act, and prohibits governmental entities or athletic associations from taking adverse action against schools that maintain separate female athletic teams.
Committee Categories
Education, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (0)
No sponsors listed
Other Sponsors (1)
Education (Senate)
Last Action
Senate Motion to override veto failed; Veto sustained; Yea: 26 Nay: 14 (on 05/03/2021)
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