Text of UT HB 463 (2023)

High School Sports Amendments

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H.B. 463 LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL 6 Approved for Filing: M. Curtis 6 6 02-13-23 1:02 PM 6 H.B. 463 1 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AMENDMENTS 2 2023 GENERAL SESSION 3 STATE OF UTAH 4 Chief Sponsor: Kera Birkeland 5 Senate Sponsor: ____________ 6 7 LONG TITLE 8 General Description: 9 This bill prohibits a public school from participation in an athletics association in 10 certain circumstances. 11 Highlighted Provisions: 12 This bill: 13 < prohibits a public school from participation in an athletics association that does not 14 collect and review an athlete's birth certificate during the registration process. 15 Money Appropriated in this Bill: 16 None 17 Other Special Clauses: 18 This bill provides a special effective date. 19 Utah Code Sections Affected: 20 AMENDS: 21 53G-7-1102, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 3 22 23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: 24 Section 1. Section 53G-7-1102 is amended to read: 25 53G-7-1102. Public schools prohibited from membership. 26 (1) A public school may not be a member of or pay dues to an association that: 27 (a) is not in compliance on or after July 1, 2017, with: *HB0463* H.B. 463 02-13-23 1:02 PM - 2 - 28 [(a)] (i) this part; 29 [(b)] (ii) Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act; 30 [(c)] (iii) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; and 31 [(d)] (iv) Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act[.]; or 32 (b) does not collect and review each athlete's birth certificate to determine eligibility as 33 a condition of the association's registration process for an athletic team, event, or category. 34 (2) Unless otherwise specified, an association's compliance with or an association 35 employee or officer's compliance with the provisions described in Subsection (1) does not alter: 36 (a) the association's public or private status; or 37 (b) the public or private employment status of the employee or officer. 38 Section 2. Effective date. 39 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2023.