{"bill":{"bill_key":"AL-SB211-2023","title":"Relating to two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education; to amend Section 16-1-52, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit a biological male from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for females; to prohibit a biological female from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for males; to prohibit adverse action against a public K-12 school or public two-year or four-year institution of higher education for complying with this act; to prohibit adverse action or retaliation against a student who reports a violation of this act; and to provide a remedy for any student who suffers harm as a result of a violation of this act.","side":"anti","state":"AL","year":2023,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relating to two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education; to amend Section 16-1-52, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit a biological male from participating on an…","notes":"Extends existing K12 ban to colleges; protects whistleblowers; forbids adverse action against those complying","types_str":"Sports Ban: K12|Sports Ban: Colleges","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/SB211/2023","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.B. 211, 2023 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Ala. 2023).","short":"Ala. S.B. 211."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"April Weaver","party":"R","state":"AL","district":"SD-014","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-12500"}],"citations":["AL:16-1-52"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":7861,"pdf_href":"/bills/AL-SB211-2023/pdf/0/intro"}]},"lineage":[{"template_id":"swsa-2020","template_name":"Save Women's Sports Act","tier":"shares_provisions","predates":false}],"diffusion":{"matches":[{"other":"AL-HB261-2023","other_title":"Relating to two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education; to amend Section 16-1-52, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit a biological male from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for females; to prohibit a biological female from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for males; to prohibit adverse action against a public K-12 school or public two-year or four-year institution of higher education for complying with this act; to prohibit adverse action or retaliation against a student who reports a violation of this act; and to provide a remedy for any student who suffers harm or is directy deprived of an athletic opportunity as a result of a violation of this act.","other_state":"AL","other_year":2023,"cross_state":false}]}}