Text of MN HF 19 (2025)
Education; female sports team participation restricted to the female sex.
Legislative text is a public record. Where LegiScan supplied it, the CC BY 4.0 credit applies.
Source: LegiScan. Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative. License: CC BY 4.0(opens another site). Source page(opens another site)
As introduced
1,748 characters
1.1
A bill for an act
1.2
relating to education; restricting female sports team participation to the female
1.3
sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.04, by adding a subdivision;
1.4
128C.02, by adding a subdivision.
1.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.7
to read:
1.8
Subd. 4a. Preserving girls' sports. (a) This subdivision may be cited as the "Preserving
1.9
Girls' Sports Act."
1.10
(b) A school sponsored interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team must be expressly
1.11
designated as one of the following categories of team members based on biological sex at
1.12
birth:
1.13
(1) males;
1.14
(2) females; or
1.15
(3) coed.
1.16
(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the membership of athletic teams or sports
1.17
designated for females must only be open to participants who were biological females at
1.18
birth.
1.19
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1
Section 1.
REVISOR
CR/AD
25-05670
05/21/25
State of Minnesota
This Document can be made available
in alternative formats upon request
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 19
SPECIAL SESSION
Authored by Scott
06/09/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy
2.1
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 128C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
2.2
read:
2.3
Subd. 10. Girls' sports. The league must adopt league rules and policy consistent with
2.4
section 121A.04, subdivision 4a.
2
Sec. 2.
REVISOR
CR/AD
25-05670
05/21/25