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Assembly committee rejects AB 89, bill to require CIF to limit girls’ high school sports to biological females
Summary
The Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee voted down AB 89 on April 1, 2025, after hours of testimony for and against a proposal to require the California Interscholastic Federation to reserve girls competitive high‑school sports for those identified at birth as female. The motion failed on a 2–7 vote.
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee voted 2–7 on April 1 to defeat AB 89, a bill by Assemblymember Marie Sanchez that would have instructed the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) to limit girls’ competitive high‑school athletics to students identified as female at birth.
Sanchez, the bill’s author, opened the committee hearing saying the measure “is entirely about fairness, safety, and integrity in girls competitive high school athletics.” She asked members to “listen to the brave young women who are here with me today.”
The bill drew extended public testimony. A student athlete who identified herself as Jaden told the committee she had trained for years and that “my dream of competing at the California State Track And…
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