Senate Bill 15 would allow people to sue colleges or universities they believe violate a prohibition on trans athletes' sports participation.
gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill that would prohibit transgender men from competing on men’s college sports teams and transgender women from joining women’s college athletic teams.
Democrats made multiple unsuccessful attempts to kill the bill on technicalities and failed to add several amendments that would’ve watered it down or voided it. "Instead of working to create societies that are more tolerant and accepting, we are putting forward more senseless legislation that targets trans people in particular, and discriminates against communities at large," said Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos, D-Richardson, pleading with members to vote against the bill. "This bill once again is another hateful and fear-mongering bill to distract Texas voters from the real issues not being addressed this session.
The House rejected an amendment to clarify the law would only apply to intercollegiate NCAA athletics and not intramural or club sports. The bill is one of several that the Legislature is considering this session that could bring major changes to the lives of gay and transgender Texans. But it’s unclear what impact this bill would have immediately in Texas’ public universities.of Texas public universities, the vast majority of Texas schools responded that to their knowledge, they had not had a transgender athlete compete for their university.
Legal experts say the Texas legislation could open up universities to Title IX lawsuits. In 2021, the Biden administration said that law, which was created more than 50 years ago to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, applies to LGBTQ students. Last month, the administration proposed an amendment to Title IX that would prohibit blanket bans barring transgender students from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.
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