Text of KS HB 2589 (2020)
Requiring student athletes to participate in school athletics based upon their biological gender at birth.
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Session of 2020
HOUSE BILL No. 2589
By Representatives Capps, Blex, French, Garber, Helmer, Howard and Newland
2-7
AN ACT concerning the Kansas state high school activities association;
relating to member schools; student athletes; requiring participation to
be based upon a student's biological gender at birth.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. The Kansas state high school activities association and its
member schools shall require any student who participates in any gender-
specific interscholastic athletic activity or any gender-specific
interscholastic event of an athletic activity to participate in such activity or
event based upon the student's biological gender at birth. This section shall
prohibit a student whose biological gender at birth is male from
participating in an interscholastic athletic activity or event conducted
exclusively for females and shall prohibit a student whose biological
gender at birth is female from participating in an interscholastic athletic
activity or event conducted exclusively for males.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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