Virginia Senate Bill 962 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-02 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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 students whose biological sex is male 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.

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

Sen. Mark Peake [R]

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-02	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101004D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	23.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB962
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB962+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB962F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0157+SB0962