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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

S04496 Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.

Direction

Transgender sportsAI label

Restricts transgender recognition & access model confidence 95%

Requires middle and high school sports teams designated for females to exclude anyone not assigned female at birth, so less access to those teams for transgender girls.

shall not permit persons other than those assigned female at birth to join such team or participate in such sport if such athletic team or sport is expressly designated solely for female athletes.

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  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-05-05: DEFEATED IN EDUCATION
Filed
2025-02-06
Sponsor
Alexis Weik R + 4 cosponsors (4 R)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new section to the education law that bars anyone not assigned female at birth from participating in female-designated interscholastic or intramural sports in grades 7-12. This directly addresses transgender participation in girls' sports by birth-sex designation.

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-05-05SDEFEATED IN EDUCATION
2026-03-09SNOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
2026-01-07SREFERRED TO EDUCATION
2025-02-06SREFERRED TO EDUCATION