Requires K-12 and higher-ed women's sports teams to be designated and restricted by biological sex (with physician verification), barring students of the male sex and protecting such policies from adverse action, so less access to women's sports for transgender women.
Each interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public school or any other school that is a member of the Virginia High School League that is expressly designated for "females," "women," or "girls," pursuant to subsection A shall not be open to any student of the male sex.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses only the transgender/sports topic by mandating biological-sex-based designation and exclusion from female-designated teams in K-12 and higher education athletics, requiring physician affirmation of biological sex, and creating causes of action to enforce these rules while shielding schools from adverse actions for maintaining sex-specific teams. No provisions address firearms, abortion, immigration enforcement, or other transgender subtopics such as healthcare or bathrooms.
Related bills
HB1242K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in women's sports, etc.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
SB295Public schools, etc.; student participation in women's sports, civil cause of action.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
SB560Public elementary schools, etc.; student participation in sports, civil cause of action.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
SB703Public elem. and sec. schools and higher ed. institutions; student participation in women's sports.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)