Compare MD HB 156 (2025) and MD SB 50 (2026)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- MD HB 156 (2025) · Maryland · 2025 · Failed
- MD SB 50 (2026) · Maryland · 2026 · Failed
501 shared 8-word phrases found in the introduced text of these two bills.
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| MD HB 156 (2025) | MD SB 50 (2026) |
|---|---|
| EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law |
| Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 Assigned to | Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026 Assigned to |
| A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning 1 Education – Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams | A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning 1 Education – Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams |
| Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act) 4 FOR the purpose of requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and 5 varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly 6 designated | Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act) 4 FOR the purpose of requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and 5 varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly 6 designated |
| prohibiting certain entities from taking certain 7 adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and 8 intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the 9 female sex | prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for 9 maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity 10 athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex |
| under certain circumstances; and generally relating to interscholastic and 11 intramural junior varsity and varsity teams and sports of public and nonpublic 12 schools. 13 BY adding to 14 Article – Education 15 Section 7–118 16 Annotated Code of Maryland 17 (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 18 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 Article – Education 21 7–118. 22 2 HOUSE BILL 156 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 1 INDICATED. 2 (2) “STUDENT OF THE FEMALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 3 BIOLOGICAL SEX IS FEMALE. 4 (3) “STUDENT OF THE MALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 5 BIOLOGICAL SEX I… | under certain circumstances; and 12 generally relating to interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity teams 13 and sports of public and nonpublic schools. 14 BY adding to 15 Article – Education 16 Section 7–118 17 Annotated Code of Maryland 18 (2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 19 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21 Article – Education 22 7–118. 23 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 24 2 SENATE BILL 50 INDICATED. 1 (2) “STUDENT OF THE FEMALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 2 BIOLOGICAL SEX IS FEMALE. 3 (3) “STUDENT OF THE MALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 4 BIOLOGICAL SEX… |
| I) A BOYS’, MALE, OR MEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; 16 (II) A GIRLS’, FEMALE, OR WOMEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; OR 17 (III) A COEDUCATIONAL OR MIXED TEAM OR SPORT. 18 (2) AN INTERSCHOLASTIC OR INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR 19 VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAM OR SPORT DESIGNATED FOR GIRLS, FEMALES, OR WOMEN 20 MAY NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS OF THE MALE SEX. 21 (D) A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, A LICENSING OR ACCREDITING 22 ORGANIZATION, OR AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION MAY NOT ACCEPT 23 A COMPLAINT, CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, OR TAKE ANY OTHER ADVERSE ACTION 24 AGAINST A SCHOOL FOR MAINTAINING SEPARATE INTERSCHOLASTIC OR 25 INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS OR SPORTS FOR 26 STUDENTS OF THE FEMALE SEX. 27 (E… | I) A BOYS’, MALE, OR MEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; 15 (II) A GIRLS’, FEMALE, OR WOMEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; OR 16 (III) A COEDUCATIONAL OR MIXED TEAM OR SPORT. 17 (2) AN INTERSCHOLASTIC OR INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR 18 VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAM OR SPORT DESIGNATED FOR GIRLS, FEMALES, OR WOMEN 19 MAY NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS OF THE MALE SEX. 20 (D) A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, A LICENSING OR ACCREDITING 21 ORGANIZATION, OR AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION MAY NOT ACCEPT 22 A COMPLAINT, CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, OR TAKE ANY OTHER ADVERSE ACTION 23 AGAINST A SCHOOL FOR MAINTAINING SEPARATE INTERSCHOLASTIC OR 24 INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS OR SPORTS FOR 25 STUDENTS OF THE FEMALE SEX. 26 (E… |
| A STUDENT WHO IS SUBJECT TO RETALIATION OR OTHER 2 ADVERSE ACTION BY A SCHOOL OR AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION 3 AS A RESULT OF REPORTING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION TO AN EMPLOYEE OR 4 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL, ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION, OR 5 ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY WITH OVERSIGHT OF SCHOOLS IN THE STATE MAY 6 BRING A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE SCHOOL OR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR 7 ORGANIZATION | A STUDENT WHO IS SUBJECT TO RETALIATION OR OTHER 30 SENATE BILL 50 3 ADVERSE ACTION BY A SCHOOL OR AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION 1 AS A RESULT OF REPORTING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION TO AN EMPLOYEE OR 2 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL, ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION, OR 3 ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY WITH OVERSIGHT OF SCHOOLS IN THE STATE MAY 4 BRING A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE SCHOOL OR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR 5 ORGANIZATION |
| F) THIS SECTION MAY BE KNOWN AND CITED AS THE FAIRNESS IN GIRLS’ 24 SPORTS ACT. 25 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 26 the application | F) THIS SECTION MAY BE KNOWN AND CITED AS THE FAIRNESS IN GIRLS’ 7 SPORTS ACT. 8 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 9 the application |
| to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a 27 court of competent jurisdiction, the provision shall be construed to give the provision the 28 maximum effect permitted by law unless the provision is held to be absolutely invalid. 29 SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 30 the application | to any person or circumstance is held invalid for 10 any reason in a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision shall be construed to give the 11 provision the maximum effect permitted by law unless the provision is held to be absolutely 12 invalid. 13 SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 14 the application |
| to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a 31 court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any other 32 application of this Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, 33 and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared severable. 34 4 HOUSE BILL 156 SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July | to any person or circumstance is held invalid for 15 any reason in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other 16 provisions or any other application of this Act that can be given effect without the invalid 17 provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared 18 severable. 19 SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July |