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The bill secures single-sex female competition by defining sex biologically and clarifying eligibility rules for administrators, but does so by excluding many transgender women and creating administrative, legal, and financial burdens for schools and governments.
Cisgender women and girls: female-only amateur competitions will be limited to individuals defined as female, preserving single-sex competitive categories.
State and local governments, schools, and competition administrators: statutory definitions of 'male', 'female', and 'sex' are clarified, reducing ambiguity for implementing and enforcing eligibility rules under chapter 2205.
Transgender individuals (especially transgender women): many will be prohibited from competing in female-designated amateur sports, excluding them from teams they identify with.
Schools and student-athletes: institutions may have to remove athletes or rework rosters, causing disruption to teams, student experience, and seasonal competition plans.
Schools, state and local governments: enforcing biologically based eligibility rules could increase litigation and compliance costs for institutions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds definitions of “female,” “male,” and “sex” tied to biological reproductive systems and amends federal amateur-sports eligibility rules to prohibit a person whose sex is male from competing in athletic events designated for females, women, or girls under the covered chapter of federal law. The change applies to competitions governed by the specified chapter of title 36 and does not include funding or implementation details.
Introduced February 5, 2025 by Thomas Hawley Tuberville · Last progress February 5, 2025