SPONSOR: Ross
This bill states that it is the public policy of this state that students who attend a publicly funded secondary school and participate in organized sports participate in organized sports for persons of the same biological sex as that listed on the student's birth certificate.
The bill allows students to participate in sports as follows:
(1) A biologically female student may participate in an athletic contest organized for females, males, or both sexes;
(2) A biologically male student may participate in an athletic contest organized for males or both sexes;
(3) A transgender male student who is transitioning or has transitioned from female to male and who has not taken hormone therapy to transition may participate in an athletic contest organized for females, males, or both sexes;
(4) A transgender male student who is transitioning or has transitioned from female to male and who has taken hormone therapy to transition may participate in an athletic contest organized for males or both sexes; and
(5) A transgender female student who is transitioning or has transitioned from male to female may participate in an athletic contest organized for males or both sexes regardless of hormone therapy use.
Statutes affected: