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Senate concurs on bill limiting access to female athletics and certain facilities by biological males
Summary
House Bill 300 was concurred in by the Senate on a 31-18 vote; the bill prohibits male persons from participating in athletic programs designated for female persons and adds facility-access rules, prompting heated debate over fairness, enforcement and the bill's impact on transgender students and campus liability.
The Montana Senate concurred with House Bill 300 by a 31-18 vote, advancing a measure that prohibits a “male person” from participating in athletic programs designated for female persons at educational institutions and makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for institutions to allow such participation; it also addresses access to restrooms, locker rooms, showers and sleeping quarters.
Sponsor Senator Vinton framed the bill as a Title IX–based protection for female athletes and said it defends…
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