The bill from Senate Majority Leader Shelley Hughes is the latest of its kind around the country that would bar transgender girls and women from girls and women's sports. That, and the fact that many committees have already begun ending their work this legislative session, means that my staff and I will be working over the interim on our plan to start the bill hearing process during the next legislative session," Hughes said.
Bills pending in the current regular session carry over to next year. Hughes spoke about the issue on the Senate floor last month, when she proposed, but withdrew, an amendment to a pandemic emergency bill that dealt with transgender athletes.
The bill, introduced Wednesday, states that public schools or private schools that have teams that compete against public schools must deate school-sponsored athletic teams or sports as a male, men or boys team or sport; a female, women or girls team or sport; or a co-ed team or sport. A federal appeals court earlier this month heard arguments in a case involving an Idaho law that prohibits transgender students who identify as female from playing on female teams sponsored by public schools, colleges and universities.
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