HB3293 SFAT #1 Rucker 4-7
Vestal 7820
Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng. Com.
Sub. for House Bill 3293—A
Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a
new section, designated §18-2-25d, relating to
designation of athletic teams or sports sponsored by any public secondary
school or state institution of higher education according to biological sex;
providing legislative findings; defining “biological sex”, “female”, and
“male”; providing for designation of athletic teams as “males, men, or boys”,
“females, women, or girls”, or “coed or mixed”; prohibiting biological males
from participating on athletic teams or sports designated for biological
females where competitive skill or contact is involved; clarifying that
eligibility of any student to participate on athletic teams or sports designated
for biological males is not restricted; providing cause of action for student
aggrieved by violation of this section; requiring identity of minor student
related to such action to remain anonymous; requiring promulgation of rules by
the State Board of Education; and requiring proposal of legislative rules by
the Higher Education Policy Commission and Council for Community and Technical
College Education.
Adopted
Rejected