Preserving Girls Sports Act establishment

A bill for an act

relating to education; preserving girls sports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,

sections 121A.04, by adding a subdivision; 128C.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 4a.

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Preserving girls sports.

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(a) This subdivision may be cited as the "Preserving

Girls Sports Act."

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(b) A school-sponsored interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team must be expressly

designated as one of the following categories of teams based on the biological sex of team

members at birth:

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(1) males;

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(2) females; or

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(3) coeducational.

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(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the membership of athletic teams or sports

designated for females must only be open to participants who were biological females at

birth.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 128C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to

read:

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Subd. 10.

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Girls sports.

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The league must adopt league rules and policy consistent with

section 121A.04, subdivision 4a.

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