Bill HF2685

1.1          A bill for an act
1.2          relating to education policy; requiring athletic team designations based on biological
1.3          sex at birth;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.49, by adding a
1.4          subdivision.
1.5          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6          Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.49, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.7          to read:
1.8                          Subd. 4a.Athletic team designations. (a) A school sponsored interscholastic, intramural,
1.9          or club athletic team must be expressly designated as, and composed of students of, only
1.10       one of the following categories of team members based on biological sex at birth:
1.11       (1) males;
1.12       (2) females; or
1.13       (3) coed.
1.14       (b) The membership of athletic teams or sports designated for females must only be
1.15       open to participants who were biological females at birth.