Text of ME HP 500 (2025)

Joint Order, to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs to Report Out a Bill Prohibiting Educational Institutions from Being Members of Certain Organizations

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Page 1 - 132LR2480(01) STATE OF MAINE _____ In House__________ ORDERED, the Senate concurring, that the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs shall report out, to the House, a bill that prohibits an educational institution in this State that receives state funds from being a member of or paying dues or fees to an organization that does not prohibit biological males from participating on teams in sports designated for "girls" or "females." The bill must provide that any state funding to such an educational institution that continues to be a member of or pay dues or fees to such an organization must be deappropriated or otherwise eliminated until the educational institution complies with the law. SPONSORED BY: ___________________________________ (Representative PAUL, R.) TOWN: Winterport