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Panel reopens debate on transgender‑sports law; sponsors seek to remove sunset while opponents urge more study
Summary
Representatives filed bills to remove the sunset on Missouri’s ban allowing biological‑sex‑based separation in school sports; sponsors said permanent protection is needed for women’s athletics, while advocates, faith leaders and school officials urged preserving the sunset to allow more data and to avoid harming students.
The Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee reopened debate on bills (HB 36, HB 113 and HB 624) that would remove a sunset and make permanent restrictions preventing students whose biological sex at birth does not match their gender identity from competing on girls’ and women’s teams. Sponsors said removing the sunset is necessary to protect fairness and safety in women’s sports; opponents — including civil‑rights groups, educators, physicians and parents — said the sunsets were negotiated to allow time for study and community input and that permanent bans could harm students and the state’s economy.
Sponsors and supporters Representative Billington, Representative Brian Seitz and Representative Benny Cook presented identical measures that delete a…
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