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KY SB83

KY SB83
AN ACT relating to athletics.


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Introduced
01/11/2022
In Committee
04/13/2022
Crossed Over
02/17/2022
Passed
03/25/2022
Dead
Vetoed
04/06/2022
Veto Overridden
04/13/2022
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/13/2022

Introduced Session

2022 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Board of Education or agency designated by the Board of Education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as "girls"; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; require that an action be brought within two years; provide that the Act may be cited as the Save Women’s Sports Act.

AI Summary

This bill, the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act," requires the Board of Education or its designated agency to promulgate regulations or bylaws that designate all school athletic teams, activities, and sports in grades 6-12 as either "Boys," "Coed," or "Girls." The bill prohibits male students from participating on "Girls" teams and allows schools to maintain separate teams for female students without facing any adverse action. It also allows students' biological sex at birth, as indicated on their birth certificate or an affidavit from a medical professional, to be used to determine eligibility for single-sex athletic opportunities at the postsecondary level. The bill creates a cause of action for violations and requires any legal action to be brought within two years.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (6)

Last Action

delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 198) (on 04/13/2022)

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