AN ACT CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION ON GENDER-SPECIFIC SPORTS TEAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

SB 872 would require all public high schools and colleges in the state to bar students from competing on gender-specific sports teams if their birth certificate gender does not match the team's designation. This bill directly affects transgender and non-binary athletes seeking to participate on teams aligned with their gender identity rather than their sex assigned at birth. The key provision mandates that schools must deny participation based solely on a person's birth certificate gender, as specified in amended statutes. The stated purpose cites protecting "the health, safety and scholarship opportunities of female athletes" as the rationale for this policy change.