Text of NY S 4496 (2026)

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4496 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to protecting women sports from unfair competition The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3229 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3229. Female sports. Notwithstanding any general, special, local law 4 or rule or regulation of the education department to the contrary, an 5 interscholastic or intramural athletic team or sport that is sponsored 6 by a public school or a private school for students in grades seven 7 through twelve, which competes against other public or private middle or 8 high schools, shall not permit persons other than those assigned female 9 at birth to join such team or participate in such sport if such athletic 10 team or sport is expressly designated solely for female athletes. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 12 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 13 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 14 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 15 to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04929-01-5