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House rejects motion to withdraw bill that would require athletic competitions be organized by biological sex
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 2037 — which would require athletic competitions, locker rooms and bathrooms to be designated by biological sex and prohibit biological males from competing in events designated for biological females — and a motion to withdraw the bill from the Committee on Education failed on the House floor.
House members on June 6 declined a motion to withdraw House Bill 2037 from the Committee on Education, leaving the measure that would require athletic competitions and related facilities to be designated by biological sex in active committee status.
The clerk read the bill’s title and summary into the record before the nondebatable motion. Representative Wright moved that "House Bill 2037 be withdrawn from the committee on education." The presiding officer determined the motion did not receive the required majority and declared it failed.
The bill as read to the chamber would require each athletic association, conference or organization with authority over interscholastic,…
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