VA SB68 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-08 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Elementary and secondary schools; athletics; participation in female sports; civil cause of action. Requires each public elementary or secondary school and each private elementary or secondary school that competes in sponsored athletic events against such public schools to designate all interscholastic athletic teams and intramural athletic teams sponsored by such school based on biological sex as follows: (i) for "males," "men," or "boys"; (ii) for "females," "women," or "girls"; or (iii) as "coed" or "mixed" if such team is open to participation by (a) "males," "men," or "boys" and (b) "females," "women," or "girls." The bill prohibits any student whose biological sex is male and who has not physically transitioned to female prior to puberty from participating on any school athletic team or squad designated for "females," "women," or "girls." Finally, the bill creates a civil cause of action for students and schools that suffer harm as a result of a violation of the provisions of the bill, provided that such action is initiated within two years of the harm occurring.

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Title

Elementary and secondary schools; participation in female sports, civil cause of action.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-08SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2024-01-16SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
2023-12-28SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-12-28SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100908D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
22123.4(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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