Text of MO SB 48 (2023)
Establishes the "Save Women's Sports Act" relating to female-only athletics in middle schools, high schools, and colleges
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FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 48
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOON.
0198S.01I
KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to middle school, high
school, and college 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
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one new section, to be known as section 167.780, to read as
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follows:
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167.780. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited
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as the "Save Women's Sports Act".
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2. No athletic team or sport designated for biological
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females shall be open to students that are biological males.
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3. No governmental entity, licensing or accrediting
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organization, or athletic association or organization shall
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entertain a complaint, open an investigation, or take any
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other adverse action against a school or institution for
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maintaining separate interscholastic or intramural athletic
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teams or sports for students that are biological females.
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4. No public school or a private middle school or high
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school, or a public or private institution of postsecondary
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education, that has biological males playing biological
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females' sports shall be eligible for any moneys
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appropriated by the general assembly.
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5. For the purposes of this section, the following
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terms shall mean:
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(1) "Biological females", persons with the biological
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indicators of a female in the context of reproductive
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potential or capacity, such as the absence of a Y
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chromosome, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and
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nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at
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birth, without regard to an individual's psychological,
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chosen, or subjective experience of gender;
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(2) "Biological males", persons with the biological
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indicators of a male in the context of reproductive
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potential or capacity, such as the presence of a Y
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chromosome, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and
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nonambiguous external genitalia present at birth, without
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regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or
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subjective of gender.
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