Committee hears hours of testimony on bill to bar transgender women from collegiate women’s teams

House Education and Career Development Committee members spent more than two hours on public testimony and questions for House Bill 10‑41, a bill that would require a state or private postsecondary institution in Indiana to designate athletic teams by biological sex and prohibit a student “assigned male at birth” from participating on teams designated female.

The bill’s presenter, Representative Davis, told the committee the proposal “ensures that female athletes are provided with a safe and even playing field at the collegiate level in Indiana.” She said the measure mirrors K‑12 language already adopted in prior legislation and would add a grievance procedure colleges must maintain and a private right of action for students deprived of athletic opportunity.

Supporters who testified said biological differences create an uneven playing field. Attorney Erica Steinmiller, representing a group that has litigated…