SB 48 - This act establishes the "Save Women's Sports Act."

No athletic team or sport designated for biological females, as defined in the act, shall be open to students that are biological males, as defined in the act.

No governmental entity, licensing or accrediting organization, or athletic association or organization shall take any adverse action, as described in the act, against a school for maintaining

separate interscholastic or intramural athletic teams or sports for students that are biological females.

No public or private middle school or high school or a public or private institution of postsecondary education that has biological males playing biological female   s sports shall be eligible for money appropriated by the General Assembly.

This act is identical to SS/SCS/SB 781 (2022) and similar to SB 503 (2021).

OLIVIA SHANNON

Statutes affected:
Introduced (0198S.01): 167.780

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Senate Committee Minutes:
SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: SB 48
Sponsor: Moon
Hearing Date: 1/31/2023


COMMITTEE: Emerging Issues

CHAIRMAN: Brown (16)

DATE REFERRED: 1/12/2023 DATE HEARING REQUESTED: 1/12/2023



STAFF:
Ashley Bax
Jim Ertle
Heidi Kolkmeyer


WITNESSES GIVING INFORMATION:



WITNESSES FOR:
Melinda Branstetter
Linda Tillinghast
Calvin Mead
Nadine Mead
Caryn Lee
Joyce McIntosh
Annalee McLean
Nora Powers
Stacy Shore
Kathleen Wright
Theresa Collins
Jennifer Gore
Sarah Conway-Fessler
Sara Barnard
Dawn Goodine
Monica Hepperman
Bev Ehlen
Jason Moore
Aimee Benninghofen







 COMMITTEE: Emerging Issues

CHAIRMAN: Brown (16)

DATE REFERRED: 1/12/2023 DATE HEARING REQUESTED: 1/12/2023

WITNESSES AGAINST:
Royce Haynes
Lauren Kreisel - Associated Students of the UM
Jennifer Harper
Soli Setlich
Joe Souvannarath
Daniel Neiss
Otto Fajen - Missouri NEA
Struby Struble
Danielle Meert
Carl Hoaglank
Scott Shafrin
Shawna Ferguson
Jacqueline Bardgett
Stacy Cay
Gavi Bogard
Russel Neiss
Jenny Hill
Grace Piontek
Jennifer Harris Dault
Maggie Edmondson - Pro Choice Missouri
Kelly Simon
Katherine Sasser
Casey Pick
Shannon Cooper - City of Kansas City
Amelia Wright
Michael Walk
Tom Jackson
Raquel Scharf-Anderson
Caitlin Ung - ACLU-MO
Jordan Kadosh
Jamie Howard
Misha Smith
Dakota Allen
Justin Ferguson
Jen Bernstein - National Council of Jewish Women St Louis
Debi Jackson
Rene Freels
Anne Lieberman - Athlete Alley
Annie Schulte
Anne Bloemke-Warren
Emilia Hinckley