Elementary & secondary schools & higher educational institutions; student participation in sports.
Summary
Elementary and secondary schools and institutionsof higher education; student participation in sports; access torestrooms and changing rooms. Requires each interscholastic,intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public school, or any other school that is a member of the VirginiaHigh School League, or by a public institution of higher educationto be expressly designated as one of the following based on biologicalsex: (i) males, men, or boys; (ii) females, women, or girls; or (iii)coed or mixed if participation on such team or sport is open to bothmales, men, or boys and females, women, or girls. The bill prohibitsany such team or sport that is expressly designated for females,women, or girls from being open to students whose biological sex is male. The bill creates a civil cause of action for any studentthat suffers harm as a result of a knowing violation of a provisionof the bill by a school or institution or as a result of the student'sreporting a violation of a provision of the bill by a school, institution,athletic association, or organization. The bill also limits accessto any restroom or changing room that is capable of being accessedby more than one individual at one time in any public elementaryor secondary school building or building owned or controlled by any public institution of higher education exclusively to individualsof the same biological sex.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Last action Feb 13, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Geary Higgins
RRepublican
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