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AL HB261 (2023)
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.
Anti-LGBTQ+
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…
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Session
- Regular Session 2023
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Enrolled
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Sports Ban: K12Sports Ban: Colleges
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Apr 5, 2023) at legislature.state.al.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Engrossed text at legislature.state.al.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Enrolled text (May 25, 2023) at legislature.state.al.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Read First Time in House of Origin | |
| House | Introduced and Referred to House Education Policy | |
| House | Reported Favorably from House Education Policy | |
| House | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin | |
| House | Read Second Time in House of Origin | |
| House | On Third Reading in House of Origin | |
| House | Table KY9S5U-1 | |
| House | Adopt A15GS7-1 | |
| House | Read a Third Time and Pass | |
| House | Add Cosponsor | |
| House | Read First Time in Second House | |
| Senate | Referred to Committee to Senate Education Policy | |
| Senate | Amendment/Substitute by Senate Education Policy JR3UYN-1 | |
| Senate | Reported Favorably from Senate Education Policy | |
| Senate | Reported Out of Committee in Second House | |
| Senate | Read Second Time in Second House | |
| Senate | On Third Reading in Second House | |
| Senate | Adopt JR3UYN-1 | |
| Senate | Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended | |
| House | Concur In and Adopt | |
| House | Enrolled | |
| House | Enacted |
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