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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session

SB1079 Elementary and secondary schools; athletics, participation in female sports, civil cause of action.

Direction

Transgender sportsAI label

Restricts transgender recognition & access model confidence 90%

Prohibits students who are biologically male (and have not physically transitioned to female prior to puberty) from participating on female-designated school athletic teams, so less access to sports matching gender identity.

No student whose biological sex is male and who has not physically transitioned to female prior to puberty shall be permitted to participate on any school or intramural athletic team or squad designated for "females," "women," or "girls."

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2025-01-23: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Filed
2025-01-07
Sponsor
Mark Peake R

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses transgender/sports by mandating biological-sex-based team designations, barring biologically male students from female teams unless they transitioned prior to puberty, and shielding schools from complaints or investigations for sex-segregated teams. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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Votes

DateChamberMotionYea-Nay
2025-01-23SPassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)9-6Passed

Sponsors

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-01-23SPassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2025-01-16SAssigned Education sub: Public Education
2025-01-07SReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2025-01-07SPrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104002D