Bill > HB23

Introduced Session

Amend KRS 156.070 to require KHSAA to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools to designate all interscholastic athletics based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in girls' athletics; establish how to designate biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association to designate all intercollegiate and intramural athletics authorized by the institution based on biological sex of students eligible to participate; require that institutions prohibit male students from participating in womens' athletics; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a postsecondary institution that violates these provisions; title the Act "Fairness in Womens' Sports Act."

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Ryan Dotson (R)*,  Shane Baker (R),  Lynn Bechler (R),  Danny Bentley (R),  John Blanton (R),  Adam Bowling (R),  Kevin Bratcher (R),  Randy Bridges (R),  Josh Calloway (R),  Jennifer Decker (R),  Myron Dossett (R),  Jim Duplessis (R),  Joseph Fischer (R),  Dan Fister (R),  Patrick Flannery (R),  Deanna Frazier Gordon (R),  Chris Freeland (R),  Chris Fugate (R),  Jim Gooch (R),  David Hale (R),  Mark Hart (R),  Richard Heath (R),  Regina Huff (R),  Thomas Huff (R),  Mary Beth Imes (R),  D.J. Johnson (R),  Norma Kirk-McCormick (R),  William Lawrence (R),  Scott Lewis (R),  Matt Lockett (R),  Savannah Maddox (R),  C. Edward Massey (R),  Bobby McCool (R),  Shawn McPherson (R),  Jerry Miller (R),  Jason Petrie (R),  Sarge Pollock (R),  Phillip Pratt (R),  Melinda Prunty (R),  Felicia Rabourn (R),  William Reed (R),  Bart Rowland (R),  Scott Sharp (R),  Steve Sheldon (R),  Tom Smith (R),  Nancy Tate (R),  Walker Thomas (R),  James Tipton (R),  Timmy Truett (R),  Russell Webber (R),  Bill Wesley (R),  Richard White (R), 

recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (on 03/29/2022)

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