Vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires transgender student athletes play against those of their biological sex.

Highlights:

• Requires transgender student athletes participating on behalf of any public or private postsecondary educational institution play against those of their biological sex (Sec. 2). 

• Requires interscholastic, intercollegiate, or intramural athletic teams or club sports sponsored by the educational institution expressly designate their sports leagues for the following, including (Sec. 3):

• Male, men, or boys;

• Females, women, or girls; or

• Coed or mixed.

• Prohibits athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls from being open to students of the male sex (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes any student who is deprived or an athletic opportunity or suffered direct or indirect harm or is subject to retaliation by the educational instiution as a result of a violation of these provisions, to have private cause of action for injunctive relief or damages (Sec. 3).

• Requires all civil actions for any aforementioned violations be initiated within 2 years of the harm having occurred (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that this bill shall take effect upon its passage and publication in the statute book (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires transgender student athletes play against those of their biological sex.

Highlights:

• Requires transgender student athletes participating on behalf of any public or private postsecondary educational institution play against those of their biological sex (Sec. 2). 

• Requires interscholastic, intercollegiate, or intramural athletic teams or club sports sponsored by the educational institution expressly designate their sports leagues for the following, including (Sec. 3):

• Male, men, or boys;

• Females, women, or girls; or

• Coed or mixed.

• Prohibits athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls from being open to students of the male sex (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes any student who is deprived or an athletic opportunity or suffered direct or indirect harm or is subject to retaliation by the educational instiution as a result of a violation of these provisions, to have private cause of action for injunctive relief or damages (Sec. 3).

• Requires all civil actions for any aforementioned violations be initiated within 2 years of the harm having occurred (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that this bill shall take effect upon its passage and publication in the statute book (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text