RELATING TO SEX-BASED ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS IN SPORTS.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on what happens to students who were born intersex or have gender identities that do not align with their assigned sex at birth, so this remains an unknown.

Rules for Sex-Based Athletic Teams

This bill requires the Department of Education to designate interscholastic sports teams based on biological sex assigned at birth, preventing males from joining female sports teams.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Education to ensure all interscholastic sports teams are separated by biological sex assigned at birth.
• Sports teams must be labeled as either male or female based on the sex assigned at birth.
• Female sports teams cannot include players who were born male.

Who It Names or Affects

• Students in schools that compete in interscholastic sports
• Schools and school districts that offer interscholastic sports

Terms To Know

Interscholastic sports

Sports competitions between different schools.

Biological sex assigned at birth

The sex a person is identified as when they are born, based on physical characteristics like chromosomes and anatomy.

Limits and Unknowns

• It does not specify what happens to students who were born intersex or have gender identities that do not align with their assigned sex at birth.
• The bill only applies to schools in Hawaii that compete in interscholastic sports, not other types of organizations.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO SEX-BASED ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS IN SPORTS.
Education; Athletics; Competitions; Gender; Sex; Sports
Requires the department of education to designate athletic sports teams based on the biological sex assigned to players at birth. Prevents males from participating in female sports.

Current Bill Text

HB268

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

268

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to sex-based athletic competitions in sports
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

����
SECTION 1.
�
The legislature finds that twenty-five states
have passed laws restricting male students' ability to compete in female
sports.
�
Title IX was a legislative
landmark that sought to provide opportunities for women in education and
athletics.
�
Allowing biological males to
compete in female sports reverses the hard-fought progress that led to the
implementation of Title IX.

����
The purpose of this act is to
protect the rights of females to compete in interscholastic sports by requiring
that athletic teams be designated by biological sex assigned at birth.

����
SECTION 2.
�
Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as
follows:

����
"
�302A-
�
��
Sex-based athletic competitions.
�
(a)
�
The department shall require that all schools
competing in interscholastic sports designate separate athletic teams based on
biological sex.
�
Athletic teams shall be
designated as one of the following based on biological sex assigned at birth:

����
(1)
�
Male;

����
(2)
�
Female; or

����
(3)
�
Coed.

����
(b)
�

Athletic teams designated for females shall not be open to participation
by males.
"

����
SECTION 3.
�
New statutory material is underscored.

����
SECTION 4.
�
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________

Report Title:

Education;
Athletics; Competitions; Gender; Sex; Sports

Description:

Requires
the department of education to designate athletic sports teams based on the
biological sex assigned to players at birth.
�

Prevents males from participating in female sports.

The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.