Equal Athletic Opportunities Act 2.0

Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document

A model bill that first appeared in 2024. 27 bills in 11 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.

Subject
Sports
First appeared
2024
Where its text comes from
Model document. Its text is the model-bill document itself.
Credited to
Independent Women's Voice
Years filed
2020–2026
States
Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, West Virginia

Match levels

8 matched bills were filed before the template first appeared (2024) and are marked in the lists below. They may be among the template's sources rather than copies of it. How to read these pages

Bills matched to this model bill

Derived (13)

These bills are built on the template's text.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
AK HB 183 (2024)AlaskaFailed
MS HB 1607 (2024)MississippiFailed
IL HB 4027 (2025)IllinoisFailed
NM HB 185 (2025)New MexicoFailed
NM SB 459 (2025)New MexicoFailed
WV HB 2006 (2025)West VirginiaFailed
WV SB 456 (2025)West VirginiaEnacted
AK HB 40 (2026)AlaskaFailed
GA HB 267 (2026)GeorgiaFailed
NM HB 233 (2026)New MexicoFailed
AK HB 230 (2022) Filed before the templateAlaskaFailed
AK SB 140 (2022) Filed before the templateAlaskaFailed
AK HB 27 (2023) Filed before the templateAlaskaFailed

Shares provisions (5)

These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
MS SB 2812 (2024)MississippiFailed
IA HF 583 (2025)IowaFailed
IA HSB 242 (2025)IowaFailed
IA SF 418 (2025)IowaEnacted
MN SF 1651 (2025)MinnesotaPending

Related (9)

These bills are on the same subject, but no shared text backs the match. This is not a claim that one copied the other.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
NE LB 575 (2024)NebraskaFailed
OH HB 68 (2024)OhioEnacted
OR HB 3740 (2025)OregonFailed
OR SB 787 (2025)OregonFailed
OH HB 527 (2020) Filed before the templateOhioFailed
NM HB 304 (2021) Filed before the templateNew MexicoFailed
OH HB 61 (2021) Filed before the templateOhioFailed
OH SB 132 (2021) Filed before the templateOhioFailed
OH HB 6 (2023) Filed before the templateOhioFailed

27 bills

All model bills and families

Data as of November 7, 2026.