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HB2392 • 2026

team designations; biological sex; repeal

HB2392 - team designations; biological sex; repeal

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Nancy Gutierrez, Anna Abeytia, Lorena Austin, Seth Blattman, Junelle Cavero, Janeen Connolly, Patty Contreras, Quantá Crews, Oscar De Los Santos, Brian Garcia, Sarah Liguori, Christopher Mathis, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Betty J Villegas
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on what new rules, if any, should be implemented after the repeal of section 15-120.02.

Remove Rule About Team Designations Based on Biological Sex

This bill removes a rule that requires schools to use biological sex when deciding which sports teams students can join.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the current law about team designations in student athletics.
  • Gets rid of section 15-120.02 from Arizona Revised Statutes, which talks about using biological sex for team assignments.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Schools and school districts in Arizona that have student sports teams.
  • Students who play on school sports teams.

Terms To Know

Biological sex
The physical characteristics a person is born with, like chromosomes or reproductive organs.
Team designations
Deciding which sports teams students can join based on certain criteria.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not say what new rules should replace the old ones.
  • It is unclear how schools will decide team assignments without this rule.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-20 House

    House Health & Human Services: None

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    House Education: None

  5. 2026-01-20 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2392 - team designations; biological sex; repeal

Current Bill Text

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HB2392 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
team designations; biological sex; repeal

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2392

Introduced by

Representatives
Gutierrez: Abeytia, Austin, Blattman, Cavero, Connolly, Contreras P, Crews,
De Los Santos, Garcia, Liguori, Mathis, Stahl Hamilton, Villegas

AN
ACT

repealing section 15-120.02, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to student athletics.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Repeal

Section 15-120.02, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.