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HB4031 • 2026

Recreation: athletics and sports; publicly funded individual sports programs that provide separate programs for males and females; require athletes to be scored according to their biological sex. Creates new act.

Recreation: athletics and sports; publicly funded individual sports programs that provide separate programs for males and females; require athletes to be scored according to their biological sex. Creates new act.

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Sponsor
Jaime Greene (District 65), Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), Donni Steele (District 54), Rylee Linting (District 27), Tom Kunse (District 100), Joseph Pavlov (District 64), Tim Kelly (District 93), Gregory Alexander (District 98), David Prestin (District 108), Matt Maddock (District 51), Steve Carra (District 36), Mike Hoadley (District 99), Jason Woolford (District 50), Pauline Wendzel (District 39), Luke Meerman (District 89), William Bruck (District 30)
Last action
2025-01-29
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 01/28/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official digest text is too vague to provide additional details about what the bill specifically entails.

Sports Programs Must Separate Males and Females

This law requires publicly funded sports programs to separate male and female athletes into different groups based on their biological sex.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires publicly funded sports programs to have separate teams for males and females.
  • Scores athletes according to their biological sex in these programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Publicly funded sports programs
  • Male and female athletes participating in these programs

Terms To Know

Biological sex
The physical characteristics that determine whether someone is male or female, based on their chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive organs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how to determine an athlete's biological sex.
  • Applies only to publicly funded sports programs, not private ones.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-29 HJ 9 Pg. 77

    bill electronically reproduced 01/28/2025

  2. 2025-01-28 HJ 8 Pg. 70

    introduced by Representative Rep. Jaime Greene

  3. 2025-01-28 HJ 8 Pg. 70

    read a first time

  4. 2025-01-28 HJ 8 Pg. 70

    referred to Committee on Education and Workforce

Official Summary Text

Recreation: athletics and sports; publicly funded individual sports programs that provide separate programs for males and females; require athletes to be scored according to their biological sex. Creates new act.