VA SB68 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-08 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 28 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
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.
Title
Elementary and secondary schools; participation in female sports, civil cause of action.
Sponsors
Sen. Mark Peake [R] |
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
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-02-08 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
2024-01-16 | Senate | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education |
2023-12-28 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
2023-12-28 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100908D |