Text of MO HB 2718 (2020)
Establishes guidelines for public school student participation in athletic contests organized by sex.
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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2718
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSS.
5600H.01I
DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to public school
athletic contests.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
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known as section 167.177, to read as follows:
167.177. 1. To ensure fair competition in interscholastic athletic contests organized
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by publicly funded secondary schools, it is the public policy of this state that students who
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attend a publicly funded secondary school and participate in athletic contests organized
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by the school should participate in athletic contests organized for persons of the same
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biological sex included on the student's original birth certificate.
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2. To respect transgender students and students who wish to participate in an
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interscholastic athletic contest organized for persons of the opposite biological sex, students
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may participate in athletic contests as follows:
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(1) A biologically female student may participate in an athletic contest organized
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for females, males, or both sexes;
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(2) A biologically male student may participate in an athletic contest organized for
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males or both sexes;
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(3) A transgender male student who is transitioning or has transitioned from female
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to male and who has not taken hormone therapy to transition may participate in an athletic
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contest organized for females, males, or both sexes;
EXPLANATION —
Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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(4) A transgender male student who is transitioning or has transitioned from female
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to male and who has taken hormone therapy to transition may participate in an athletic
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contest organized for males or both sexes; and
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(5) A transgender female student who is transitioning or has transitioned from male
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to female may participate in an athletic contest organized for males or both sexes
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regardless of hormone therapy use.
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3. Any other participation in athletic contests not described in subsection 2 of this
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section is prohibited.
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