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House rejects amendment and passes athletics bill after lengthy debate over sex definitions and medical exams
Summary
The Wyoming House rejected an amendment that would have replaced the bill's existing sex-definition language with a birth-certificate verification system and then passed Senate File 44 on final reading.
The Wyoming House considered third-reading Amendment 1 to Senate File 44, legislation addressing intercollegiate athletics participation. Representative Jarvis offered the amendment to change the bill's definitional approach, proposing that verification rely on an "original birth certificate" rather than internal medical examinations.
Jarvis said he consulted attorneys and medical providers who told him the statute's prior wording could force intrusive…
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