Text of IL HB 2823 (2025)

GENDER IN SPORTS

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2823 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Gender in Sports Act. Provides that a student-athlete may participate in an intercollegiate athletics program at a postsecondary educational institution that allows only a single gender to participate in that program only if the gender of the student-athlete is the same gender as the single gender designation for that program. LRB104 08283 LNS 18334 b A BILL FOR HB2823LRB104 08283 LNS 18334 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Gender 5in Sports Act. 6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: 7 "Gender of the student-athlete" means the gender the 8student-athlete was assigned at birth. 9 "Intercollegiate athletics program" has the meaning given 10to that term in the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act. 11 "Postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning 12given to that term in the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights 13Act. 14 Section 10. Gender-designated sports participation. A 15student-athlete may participate in an intercollegiate 16athletics program at a postsecondary educational institution 17that allows only a single gender to participate in that 18program only if the gender of the student-athlete is the same 19gender as the single gender designation for that program.