HF 551

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/27/2023 04:35pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; restricting female sports team participation to the female
sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 121A.04, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Female sports teams. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, only students
of the female sex may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team
or sport that an educational institution has restricted on the basis of sex to women or girls.
If there is a dispute as to whether a student is of the female sex, the student must present a
signed physician's statement indicating the student's sex that is based solely on:
new text end

new text begin (1) the student's internal and external reproductive anatomy;
new text end

new text begin (2) the student's naturally occurring level of testosterone; and
new text end

new text begin (3) an analysis of the student's chromosomes.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2023.
new text end