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House Judiciary hears hours of testimony on HB 300 to clarify sex‑based discrimination in education
Summary
House Bill 300 would amend Montana’s discrimination‑in‑education law to bar biological males from competing on girls’ teams and require access to single‑sex private spaces; proponents said it restores Title IX protections and gives complaint pathways, opponents said it discriminates against transgender students and raises NCAA and constitutional risks.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on House Bill 300, lawmakers heard hours of testimony from supporters and opponents about a proposal to clarify the state’s discrimination‑in‑education law to protect women’s athletic opportunities and single‑sex private spaces.
Representative Carrie Seekins Crowe, the bill sponsor, told the committee the legislation would "provide additional clarity to our discrimination in education laws" so that "no student, educator, or staff member faces discrimination" and urged members to give the measure a do‑pass recommendation. She said the bill is intended to carry out the promise of Title IX and protect women’s competitive and private spaces.
Dylan Klapmeier, education policy adviser to Governor Greg Gianforte, told the committee the governor supports HB 300 and described it as strengthening the 2021 Save Women’s Sports Act by creating a state legal pathway for complaints under the human‑rights code. "The governor supports House Bill 300," Klapmeier said,…
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