HB 337 Cook, Bennie
HB 337 -- STUDENT ATHLETES
SPONSOR: Cook
This bill defines "sex" as, the two main categories of male and female into which individuals are divided based on an individual's reproductive biology at birth and the individual's genome.
The bill prohibits public school districts and charter schools from allowing a student to participate in a sport designated for the opposite sex as determined by the student's official birth certificate, or if unobtainable, another government record. However, a school district can allow a female student to compete in an athletic competition designated for male students if there is no such competition designated for female students available.
The bill clarifies that biological sex is only correctly stated on birth certificates if it was entered at or near the time of birth or modified to correct scrivener's error.
School districts in violation of this prohibition will lose state aid.
This bill is similar to HB 2197 (2022) and the same as HB 183 (2023).