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Senate Judiciary advances House Bill 300 after hours of testimony on sex‑based nondiscrimination in education
Summary
The Judiciary Committee heard broad testimony on HB300, which would define sex‑based discrimination in education (including athletic participation and access to private spaces) and create a complaints pathway under state human‑rights law; proponents argued it protects women’s sports and privacy, opponents said it would harm and legally target transgender students and raise constitutional and operational problems.
Representative Carrie Seekins Crow opened House Bill 300 by saying the bill clarifies discrimination protections in education to ensure ‘‘no student, educator, or staff member faces discrimination on the basis of sex,’’ and to preserve equal athletic opportunity and private spaces for females. She told the Senate Judiciary Committee the bill is intended to align state law with Title IX and to provide clarity for schools and the Board of Regents.
Proponents that followed — attorneys and policy advocates including Erica Steinmiller Perdomo (Alliance Defending Freedom), officials from the governor’s office and the Office of Public Instruction, and representatives of conservative policy groups — argued HB300 restores common‑sense protections.…
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