Virginia House Bill 1387 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; designation of interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, and club athletic teams and sports based on biological sex; student participation in female teams or sports; civil cause of action. Requires each interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school or by a public institution of higher education to be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: (i) males, men, or boys; (ii) females, women, or girls; or (iii) coed or mixed if participation on such team or sport is open to both (a) males, men, or boys and (b) females, women, or girls. The bill requires identification of the student's biological sex on an athletics eligibility form signed by a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to be submitted by any such student who desires to try out for or participate in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport. The bill prohibits any such team or sport that is expressly designated for females, women, or girls from being open to students whose biological sex is male. The bill further prohibits any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school or a public institution of higher education from competing against any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a private elementary or secondary school or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth unless such private school or institution complies with the applicable provisions of the bill. K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; designation of interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, and club athletic teams and sports based on biological sex; student participation in female teams or sports; civil cause of action. Requires each interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school or by a public institution of higher education to be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: (i) males, men, or boys; (ii) females, women, or girls; or (iii) coed or mixed if participation on such team or sport is open to both (a) males, men, or boys and (b) females, women, or girls. The bill requires identification of the student's biological sex on an athletics eligibility form signed by a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to be submitted by any such student who desires to try out for or participate in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport. The bill prohibits any such team or sport that is expressly designated for females, women, or girls from being open to students whose biological sex is male. The bill further prohibits any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school or a public institution of higher education from competing against any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a private elementary or secondary school or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth unless such private school or institution complies with the applicable provisions of the bill. The bill prohibits any government entity, licensing or accrediting organization, or athletic association or organization from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against public school or institution of higher education based on a violation of the provisions of the bill and creates a cause of action for any school or institution of higher education that suffers harm as a result of a violation of the bill. Finally, the bill creates a civil cause of action for any student that suffers harm as a result of a knowing violation of a provision of the bill by a school or institution or as a result of the student's reporting a violation of a provision of the bill by a school, institution, athletic association, or organization.

K-12 schools/higher ed. institution; designation of interscholastic, etc., sports based on sex, etc.

Del. Karen Greenhalgh [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]
Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]
Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]
Del. Marie March [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Phillip Scott [R]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]
Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]

2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N) (Y: 51 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Engrossment (51-Y 47-N) (Y: 51 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N) (Y: 11 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-16	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
2023-02-06	House	Printed as engrossed 23100643D-E
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Engrossment (51-Y 47-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House as amended (51-Y 47-N) HB1387E
2023-02-06	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Education with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N)
2023-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N)
2023-01-20	House	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2022-11-15	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2022-11-15	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100643D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	271.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	271.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	408.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1387
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1387+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1387E+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105729A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1387AH
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106844D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1387F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1387FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0902V0019+HB1387
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0101+HB1387
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1469+HB1387
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1591+HB1387
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0297+HB1387