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SB1612 • 2026

biological sex; team designations; repeal

SB1612 - biological sex; team designations; repeal

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Lela Alston, Flavio Bravo, Eva Diaz, Rosanna Gabaldón, Lauren Kuby, Catherine Miranda, Analise Ortiz, Priya Sundareshan, Janeen Connolly, Mariana Sandoval
Last action
2026-02-04
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on how schools should organize teams after repeal, leaving this aspect undefined.

Repealing Rules About Team Designations Based on Biological Sex

This bill removes specific rules in Arizona's laws that require schools to separate students into sports teams based on their biological sex.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a rule in Arizona's laws about how schools should organize sports teams based on biological sex.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Schools and school districts in Arizona

Terms To Know

Biological sex
The physical characteristics that determine if someone is male or female, like chromosomes and reproductive organs.
Team designations
How schools decide which teams students can join for sports activities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how schools should organize teams after the rules are removed.
  • The bill does not explain what happens to existing team structures in schools once these laws are repealed.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Education: None

  4. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1612 - biological sex; team designations; repeal

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
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REFERENCE TITLE:
biological sex; team designations; repeal

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1612

Introduced by

Senators
Alston: Bravo, Diaz, Gabald�n, Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz, Sundareshan;�
Representatives Connolly, Sandoval

AN
ACT

repealing section 15-120.02,
Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing Laws 2022, chapter 106, sections 2, 3 and
4; relating to athletics.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Repeal

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

B. Laws 2022, chapter 106, sections
2, 3 and 4 are repealed.