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Assembly committee defeats AB 844, which would have tied school sports and facility access to biological sex
Summary
AB 844 failed in committee on April 1, 2025, after proponents warned California risks losing federal funds and opponents argued the bill would stigmatize transgender students and increase harassment. The motion failed by recorded vote.
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee voted on April 1, 2025, to defeat Assembly Bill 844, a measure presented as a way to require participation in sex‑segregated school programs and use of facilities be based on pupils’ biological sex. The motion failed on a recorded vote at the committee’s hearing.
Assemblymember Rosselli, who introduced AB 844, told the committee the bill was intended to “protect student privacy and safety, restore competitive integrity in school athletics, and realign California with the overwhelming national consensus that biological males do not belong in girls and women's sports.” Rosselli and other proponents cited Education Code section 221.5 (as amended in 2013) and federal Title IX as central legal…
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