Text of MN SF 916 (2025)

Female sports team participation to the female sex restriction

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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, section 121A.04, by adding a subdivision.​ 1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​ 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision​ 1.6 to read:​ 1.7 Subd. 4a. Female sports teams. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, only students​ 1.8 of the female sex may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team​ 1.9 or sport that an educational institution has restricted on the basis of sex to women or girls.​ 1.10 If there is a dispute as to whether a student is of the female sex, the student must present a​ 1.11 signed physician's statement indicating the student's sex that is based solely on:​ 1.12 (1) the student's internal and external reproductive anatomy;​ 1.13 (2) the student's naturally occurring level of testosterone; and​ 1.14 (3) an analysis of the student's chromosomes.​ 1.15 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.​ 1​ Section 1.​ 25-01401 as introduced​ 12/16/24 REVISOR CR/HL​ SENATE​ STATE OF MINNESOTA​ S.F. No. 916​ NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​ (SENATE AUTHORS: NELSON)​ OFFICIAL STATUS​ D-PG​ DATE​ Introduction and first reading​ 02/03/2025​ Referred to Education Policy​