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MD HB359

MD HB359
Education – Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and Sports – Designation Based on Sex (Save Women’s Sports Act)


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Introduced
01/26/2023
In Committee
02/20/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
04/10/2023

Introduced Session

2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

AN ACT concerning Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and Sports - Designation Based on Sex (Save Women’s Sports Act) FOR the purpose of requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school or county board of education for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex; providing that certain individuals have the right to bring a civil action under certain circumstances; and generally relating to interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity teams and sports of public and nonpublic schools. BY adding to Article - Education Section 7-118 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume) Preamble

AI Summary

This bill, known as the "Save Women's Sports Act" or "Selina's Law," requires interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports sponsored by public and certain nonpublic high schools in Maryland to be expressly designated based on biological sex as either for boys/males, girls/females, or coeducational/mixed. It prohibits governmental entities, licensing or accrediting organizations, and athletic associations from taking adverse actions against schools for maintaining separate teams and sports for students of the female sex. The bill also allows students deprived of athletic opportunities or harmed due to a violation of this law, as well as schools that suffer harm, to bring civil actions with the possibility of recovering damages, attorney's fees, and other appropriate relief.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (33)

Last Action

Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means (on 02/20/2023)

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