AR-SB450-2021
Arkansas · SB 450 · 2021
To Create The Gender Integrity Reinforcement Legislation For Sports (girls) Act; And To Create A Legal Cause Of Action For A Violation Of The Gender Integrity Reinforcement Legislation For Sports (girls) Act.
- Bill key
- AR-SB450-2021
- State
- Arkansas
- Session
- 2021
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- passed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S.B. 450, 93d Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ark. 2021) (enacted), https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?tbType=&id=sb450&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2021R.
- Short citation
- Ark. S.B. 450.
- Enacted as
- Notification that SB450 is now Act 953
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
All state funded schools k12 and post-secondary, and those which compete with them must limit participaton based on "biological sex" defined as assigned gender at birth
Curator notes
Gender Integrity Reinforcement Legislation for Girls' Sports (GIRLS) Act; A "Save Women's Sports Act"
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missy Irvin | Republican | Senator | SD-024 | Primary sponsor |
| Deann Vaught | Republican | Representative | HD-004 | Primary sponsor |
55 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonia Eubanks Barker | Republican | Representative | HD-096 | Co-sponsor |
| Mary Bentley | Republican | Representative | HD-054 | Co-sponsor |
| Stan Berry | Republican | Representative | HD-068 | Co-sponsor |
| Karilyn Brown | Republican | Representative | HD-067 | Co-sponsor |
| Frances Cavenaugh | Republican | Representative | HD-030 | Co-sponsor |
| Craig Christiansen | Republican | Representative | HD-047 | Co-sponsor |
| Joe Cloud | Republican | Representative | HD-071 | Co-sponsor |
| Bruce Coleman | Republican | Representative | HD-081 | Co-sponsor |
| Cameron Cooper | Republican | Representative | HD-057 | Co-sponsor |
| Bruce Cozart | Republican | Representative | HD-091 | Co-sponsor |
| Cindy Crawford | Republican | Representative | HD-051 | Co-sponsor |
| Carol Dalby | Republican | Representative | HD-001 | Co-sponsor |
| Marsh Davis | Republican | Representative | HD-061 | Co-sponsor |
| Charlene Fite | Republican | Representative | HD-024 | Co-sponsor |
| Tony Furman | Republican | Representative | HD-082 | Co-sponsor |
| Justin Gonzales | Republican | Representative | HD-089 | Co-sponsor |
| Michelle Gray | Republican | Representative | HD-062 | Co-sponsor |
| Delia Haak | Republican | Representative | HD-017 | Co-sponsor |
| Logan Jett | Republican | Representative | HD-056 | Co-sponsor |
| Jack Ladyman | Republican | Representative | HD-032 | Co-sponsor |
| Robin Lundstrum | Republican | Representative | HD-018 | Co-sponsor |
| Julie Mayberry | Republican | Representative | HD-027 | Co-sponsor |
| Richard McGrew | Republican | Representative | HD-085 | Co-sponsor |
| Gayla McKenzie | Republican | Representative | HD-092 | Co-sponsor |
| Jon Milligan | Republican | Representative | HD-033 | Co-sponsor |
| John Payton | Republican | Representative | SD-022 | Co-sponsor |
| Clint Penzo | Republican | Representative | SD-031 | Co-sponsor |
| Aaron Pilkington | Republican | Representative | HD-045 | Co-sponsor |
| David Ray | Republican | Representative | HD-069 | Co-sponsor |
| Marcus Richmond | Republican | Representative | HD-052 | Co-sponsor |
| Johnny Rye | Republican | Representative | HD-036 | Co-sponsor |
| Brandt Smith | Republican | Representative | HD-058 | Co-sponsor |
| Nelda Speaks | Republican | Representative | HD-100 | Co-sponsor |
| Dwight Tosh | Republican | Representative | HD-038 | Co-sponsor |
| Danny Watson | Republican | Representative | HD-088 | Co-sponsor |
| Carlton Wing | Republican | Representative | HD-070 | Co-sponsor |
| Richard Womack | Republican | Representative | HD-090 | Co-sponsor |
| Charles Beckham | Republican | Senator | SD-012 | Co-sponsor |
| Cecile Bledsoe | Republican | Senator | SD-003 | Co-sponsor |
| Ronald Caldwell | Republican | Senator | SD-010 | Co-sponsor |
| Alan Clark | Republican | Senator | SD-007 | Co-sponsor |
| Breanne Davis | Republican | Senator | SD-025 | Co-sponsor |
| Jonathan Dismang | Republican | Senator | SD-018 | Co-sponsor |
| Jane English | Republican | Senator | SD-013 | Co-sponsor |
| Scott Flippo | Republican | Senator | SD-023 | Co-sponsor |
| Trent Garner | Republican | Senator | SD-027 | Co-sponsor |
| Ben Gilmore | Republican | Senator | SD-001 | Co-sponsor |
| Kim Hammer | Republican | Senator | SD-016 | Co-sponsor |
| Bart Hester | Republican | Senator | SD-033 | Co-sponsor |
| Ricky Hill | Republican | Senator | SD-011 | Co-sponsor |
| Blake Johnson | Republican | Senator | SD-021 | Co-sponsor |
| Mark Johnson | Republican | Senator | SD-017 | Co-sponsor |
| Jason Rapert | Republican | Senator | SD-035 | Co-sponsor |
| Gary Stubblefield | Republican | Senator | SD-026 | Co-sponsor |
| David Wallace | Republican | Senator | SD-019 | Co-sponsor |
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Model-bill lineage
Model-bill templates this bill matches
- Save Women's Sports Act Shares provisions
Similar bills
- AR SB 354 (2021)
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- RI H 5842 (2025)
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- RI S 391 (2023)
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Bill text
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