Text of MO HB 2735 (2022)

SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 2735 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BASYE. 5663H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to public school athletics. 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 2 known as section 167.177, to read as follows: 167.177. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: 2 (1) "Public school", the same definition as in section 160.011; 3 (2) "Sex", an individual's biological sex based solely on an individual's 4 reproductive biology and genetics at birth. 5 2. No public school shall knowingly allow a student of the male sex who is 6 enrolled in such public school to participate on a school-sponsored athletic team that is 7 exclusively for students of the female sex. 8 3. Beginning July 1, 2023, the joint committee on education shall study student 9 athletic events that are exclusively for males or exclusively for females and the impact of 10 a policy that prohibits participation in those events by individuals who are of the 11 opposite sex. Before January 1, 2024, the joint committee shall report its findings and 12 recommendations, with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to 13 the general assembly. 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. ✔