Text of ME LD 1134 (2025)

An Act to Prohibit Males from Participating in Female Sports or Using Female Facilities

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Printed on recycled paper 132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025 Legislative Document No. 1134 S.P. 461 In Senate, March 18, 2025 An Act to Prohibit Males from Participating in Female Sports or Using Female Facilities Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator BERNARD of Aroostook. Cosponsored by Representative SMITH of Palermo and Senators: GUERIN of Penobscot, HAGGAN of Penobscot, Representatives: BAGSHAW of Windham, LYMAN of Livermore Falls. Page 1 - 132LR2305(01) 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 2 Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §14 is enacted to read: 3 §14. Biological males' participation in competitive female athletic programs and use 4 of facilities 5 A school administrative unit or an elementary school, secondary school or 6 postsecondary educational institution in the State that receives any state funding may not 7 allow a person whose biological sex assigned at birth is male to participate in a competitive 8 athletic program or activity that is designated for females or to use a facility that has been 9 designated for use solely by females. 10 SUMMARY 11 This bill prohibits a school administrative unit or an elementary school, secondary 12 school or postsecondary educational institution in the State that receives any state funding 13 from allowing a person whose biological sex assigned at birth is male to participate in a 14 competitive athletic program or activity that is designated for females or to use a facility 15 that has been designated for use solely by females. 11 12 13 14 15