Requires out-of-state teams to certify compliance with Texas rules that bar males from competing on women's intercollegiate teams, so less access to sports matching gender identity.
An intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or authorized by an out-of-state postsecondary educational institution may not compete in an intercollegiate athletic competition against an intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or authorized by an institution of higher education unless the out-of-state institution, not later than the 30th day before the date of the athletic competition, certifies to the institution of higher education that the out-of-state institution will comply with the requirements of Subsection (b) during the athletic competition.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill extends Texas's existing biological-sex rules for intercollegiate teams (Subsection (b), which bars males from women's teams) to out-of-state opponents by requiring certification of compliance, thereby restricting transgender athletes' access to teams and competitions matching their gender identity.
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