Oregon House Bill 3740 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: Failed on June 27 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-27 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act tells school districts and certain private schools to designate sports by gender. The Act forbids males from playing in female sports. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.4). Requires school districts and certain private schools to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex. Prohibits biological males from participating in athletic competitions or extracurricular sports designated for biological females. Provides causes of action for students, school districts and private schools.

Relating to participation in athletic competitions according to biological sex.

Sen. Christine Drazan [R]	Rep. Bobby Levy [R]	Rep. Ed Diehl [R]	Rep. Mark Owens [R]
Rep. Werner Reschke [R]	Rep. Dwayne Yunker [R]	Rep. Jeff Helfrich [R]	Rep. Cyrus Javadi [D]
Rep. Kevin Mannix [R]	Rep. Anna Scharf [R]	Sen. Kim Thatcher [R]	Sen. Suzanne Weber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-27	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-27	House	Referred to Education.
2025-02-25	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3740
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3740/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/86587