Text of IA HF 2202 (2020)
A bill for an act requiring high school students to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic practices, contests, or competitions based on biological sex as determined at birth.
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As introduced
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House
File
2202
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2202
BY
GASSMAN
,
WHEELER
,
JACOBSEN
,
BAXTER
,
KERR
,
JENEARY
,
GERHOLD
,
OSMUNDSON
,
SALMON
,
FISHER
,
SHIPLEY
,
HOLT
,
and
GUSTAFSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
high
school
students
to
participate
in
1
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
practices,
2
contests,
or
competitions
based
on
biological
sex
as
3
determined
at
birth.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.13D
Participation
in
1
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
practices,
contests,
or
2
competitions
——
sex
at
birth.
3
Notwithstanding
section
216.9,
a
public
or
nonpublic
high
4
school
student
shall
only
participate
in
an
extracurricular
5
interscholastic
athletic
practice,
contest,
or
competition
that
6
is
designated
for
the
student’s
biological
sex
as
determined
at
7
birth.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
provides
that,
notwithstanding
a
specified
12
provision
of
state
law
to
the
contrary,
a
public
or
13
nonpublic
high
school
student
shall
only
participate
in
an
14
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
practice,
contest,
or
15
competition
that
is
designated
for
the
student’s
biological
sex
16
as
determined
at
birth.
17
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