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1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/03/2025 06:05pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; restricting female sports team participation to the female
sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.04, by adding a subdivision;
128C.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Preserving girls' sports. new text end

new text begin (a) This subdivision may be cited as the "Preserving
Girls' Sports Act."
new text end

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, only female students may participate in an
elementary or secondary school level athletic team or sport that an educational institution
has restricted to women and girls.
new text end

new text begin (c) For purposes of this section, female is the sex that was "previously limited or
restricted," and "female" means a female as biologically determined by genetics and defined
with respect to an individual's reproductive system. A female is defined as an individual
who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional
or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports,
and utilizes eggs for fertilization. A woman is an adult human female. A girl is a minor
human female.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 128C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Girls' sports. new text end

new text begin The league must adopt league rules and policy consistent with
section 121A.04, subdivision 4a.
new text end