Title: Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Participating on Sports Teams that do Not Match their Birth Gender
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that do not match their birth gender.
Defines “sex” as the sex assigned to an individual at birth by a physician (Sec. 2).
Requires an institution that operates or sponsors an intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport to do the following (Sec. 2):
Expressly designate the athletic team or sport as one of the following based on the sex of the participating students:
Males or men;
Females or women; or
Coed or mixed-sex;
Prohibit students of the male sex from participating on an athletic team or in a sport that is designated for females or women; and
If intending to change, provide written notification to students who are eligible under both the previous and current designation.
Specifies that a student deprived of the opportunity to participate in a sport or athletic team and suffers direct or indirect harm as a result of the violation may bring a cause of action against the institution for injunctive relief, damages, and other relief available under law (Sec. 2).
Title: Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Participating on Sports Teams that do Not Match their Birth Gender
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that do not match their birth gender.
Defines “sex” as the sex assigned to an individual at birth by a physician (Sec. 2).
Requires an institution that operates or sponsors an intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport to do the following (Sec. 2):
Expressly designate the athletic team or sport as one of the following based on the sex of the participating students:
Males or men;
Females or women; or
Coed or mixed-sex;
Prohibit students of the male sex from participating on an athletic team or in a sport that is designated for females or women; and
If intending to change, provide written notification to students who are eligible under both the previous and current designation.
Specifies that a student deprived of the opportunity to participate in a sport or athletic team and suffers direct or indirect harm as a result of the violation may bring a cause of action against the institution for injunctive relief, damages, and other relief available under law (Sec. 2).
Title: Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Participating on Sports Teams that do Not Match their Birth Gender