HB261 prevents male and female students from participating on athletic teams or sports designated for the opposite sex in public K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.
The Senate passed HB261 on May 3, 2023, by a vote of 26 to 4. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because not only does transgenderism absurdly attempt to erase biological “sex” with fictional “gender” constructs, but it also increases the risk of serious physical injury as well as emotional harm to female athletes by either permitting or forcing them to compete against males. According to the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the States have a duty to protect the humanity of all persons—male and female—who, as the Declaration of Independence affirms, are created by God and form the basis of individual and family self-government.