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Introduced
01/23/2025
01/23/2025
In Committee
11/19/2025
11/19/2025
Crossed Over
03/28/2025
03/28/2025
Passed
Dead
01/07/2026
01/07/2026
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill requires school sports teams to be expressly designated as male, female, or coed, prohibits biologically male students from participating in female designated sports or entering female locker rooms, and creates a cause of action for athletes harmed as a result of violations of these requirements.
AI Summary
This bill, titled the Protection of Women's Sports Act, mandates that school sports teams, including those in interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics, must be designated as male, female, or coeducational based on the biological sex of the athletes at birth, as recorded on their birth certificates. It specifically prohibits students identified as biologically male from participating in female-designated sports or using female locker rooms. The bill exempts grades K-5, as well as intramural and club sports, from these requirements. Furthermore, it establishes a legal avenue for athletes who experience harm due to violations of these provisions, allowing them to pursue injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, and also permits legal action for retaliation against those who report violations, with prevailing parties entitled to attorney's fees and costs.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (15)
Kevin Avard (R)*,
Daryl Abbas (R),
Bill Gannon (R),
Dan Innis (R),
Jim Kofalt (R),
Tim Lang (R),
Mark McConkey (R),
Tim McGough (R),
Jeanine Notter (R),
Diane Pauer (R),
Howard Pearl (R),
David Rochefort (R),
Shane Sirois (R),
Victoria Sullivan (R),
Ruth Ward (R),
Last Action
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 50 (on 01/07/2026)
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