Compare MD SB 381 (2024) and MD SB 588 (2025)

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MD SB 381 (2024)MD SB 588 (2025)
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. *sb0381* SENATE BILL 381 F1, D5 4lrEXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. *sb0588* SENATE BILL 588 F1, D5 5lr
Introduced and read first time: January 17, 2024 Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning 1 Education – Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity TeamsIntroduced and read first time: January 23, 2025 Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment 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 designatedFairness 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 sexprohibiting 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 2023 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 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 23 INDICATED. 24 2 SENATE BILL 381 (2) “STUDENT OF THE FEMALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 1 BIOLOGICAL SEX IS FEMALE. 2 (3) “STUDENT OF THE MALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 3 BIOLOGICAL SE…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 (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 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 INDICATED. 25 2 SENATE BILL 588 (2) “STUDENT OF THE FEMALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 1 BIOLOGICAL SEX IS FEMALE. 2 (3) “STUDENT OF THE MALE SEX” MEANS A STUDENT WHOSE 3 BIOLOGICAL SE…
I) A BOYS’, MALE, OR MEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; 14 (II) A GIRLS’, FEMALE, OR WOMEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; OR 15 (III) A COEDUCATIONAL OR MIXED TEAM OR SPORT. 16 (2) AN INTERSCHOLASTIC OR INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR 17 VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAM OR SPORT DESIGNATED FOR GIRLS, FEMALES, OR WOMEN 18 MAY NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS OF THE MALE SEX. 19 (D) A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, A LICENSING OR ACCREDITING 20 ORGANIZATION, OR AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION MAY NOT ACCEPT 21 A COMPLAINT, CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, OR TAKE ANY OTHER ADVERSE ACTION 22 AGAINST A SCHOOL FOR MAINTAINING SEPARATE INTERSCHOLASTIC OR 23 INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS OR SPORTS FOR 24 STUDENTS OF THE FEMALE SEX. 25 (E…I) A BOYS’, MALE, OR MEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; 14 (II) A GIRLS’, FEMALE, OR WOMEN’S TEAM OR SPORT; OR 15 (III) A COEDUCATIONAL OR MIXED TEAM OR SPORT. 16 (2) AN INTERSCHOLASTIC OR INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR 17 VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAM OR SPORT DESIGNATED FOR GIRLS, FEMALES, OR WOMEN 18 MAY NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS OF THE MALE SEX. 19 (D) A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, A LICENSING OR ACCREDITING 20 ORGANIZATION, OR AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION MAY NOT ACCEPT 21 A COMPLAINT, CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, OR TAKE ANY OTHER ADVERSE ACTION 22 AGAINST A SCHOOL FOR MAINTAINING SEPARATE INTERSCHOLASTIC OR 23 INTRAMURAL JUNIOR VARSITY OR VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS OR SPORTS FOR 24 STUDENTS OF THE FEMALE SEX. 25 (E…
F) THIS SECTION MAY BE KNOWN AND CITED AS THE FAIRNESS IN GIRLS’ 22 SPORTS ACT. 23 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 24 the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a 25 court of competent jurisdiction, the provision shall be construed to give the provision the 26 maximum effect permitted by law unless the provision is held to be absolutely invalid. 27 SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 28 the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a 29 court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any…F) THIS SECTION MAY BE KNOWN AND CITED AS THE FAIRNESS IN GIRLS’ 6 SPORTS ACT. 7 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 8 the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a 9 court of competent jurisdiction, the provision shall be construed to give the provision the 10 maximum effect permitted by law unless the provision is held to be absolutely invalid. 11 SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any provision of this Act or 12 the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a 13 court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any oth…