Requires K-12 and higher-ed women's sports teams to be designated and limited by biological sex (with physician verification), barring students of the male sex and creating causes of action against schools or associations that allow participation based on gender identity, so less access to women's/s
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.
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-01-23: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
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 girls'/women's teams in K-12 and higher education athletics, requiring physician affirmation of biological sex, protecting schools from adverse actions for maintaining such teams, and creating private rights of action for harmed female students or schools. No provisions address firearms, abortion, or immigration enforcement.
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)
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-16 00:00 · Hearing · Senate Education and Health-Public Education Hearing Senate Room C, Room 311, General Assembly Building
2025-01-23 08:30 · Hearing · Senate Education and Health Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-23
S
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)