Text of ME LD 926 (2021)
An Act To Ban Biological Males from Participating in Women's Sports
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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document
No. 926
H.P. 682
House of Representatives, March 8, 2021
An Act To Ban Biological Males from Participating in Women's
Sports
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative O'CONNOR of Berwick.
Cosponsored by Representatives: DUCHARME of Madison, GIFFORD of Lincoln, JAVNER
of Chester, MORRIS of Turner, ROCHE of Wells, RUDNICKI of Fairfield, STEARNS of
Guilford, WADSWORTH of Hiram.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
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Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §13 is enacted to read:
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§13. Participation in female interscholastic or intramural sports
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1. Participation in female interscholastic or intramural sports. Only a student of
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the female gender may join or participate in an interscholastic or intramural athletic team
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or sports activity that is sponsored by an elementary or secondary school or postsecondary
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institution and is designated for "females," "women" or "girls."
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2. Disputes. If a student is prohibited from joining or participating in an interscholastic
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or intramural athletic team or sports activity under subsection 1 due to the determination
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that the student is not female, the student may dispute the determination to the
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commissioner with a signed statement by a physician that the student is female based upon:
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A. The student's internal and external reproductive anatomy;
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B. The student's naturally occurring level of testosterone; and
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C. An analysis of the student's chromosomes.
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SUMMARY
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This bill prohibits any student from joining or participating in an interscholastic or
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intramural athletic team or sports activity sponsored by an elementary or secondary school
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or postsecondary institution that is designated for "females," "women" or "girls" except for
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students of the female gender. A student prohibited from joining or participating in an
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athletic team or sport activity on the basis that the student is not a female may dispute the
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denial to the Commissioner of Education with a signed statement from a physician stating
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that the student is a female based upon the student's internal and external reproductive
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anatomy and naturally occurring level of testosterone and an analysis of the student's
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chromosomes.
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