SB 1079 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Elementary and secondary schools; athletics, participation in female sports, civil cause of action.

Summary
Elementary and secondary schools; athletics; participation in female sports; civil cause of action. Requires each public elementary or secondary school and each private elementary or secondary school that competes in sponsored athletic events against such public schools to designate all athletic teams and intramural athletic teams sponsored by such school based on biological sex as follows: (i) as "males," "men," or "boys"; (ii) as "females," "women," or "girls"; or (iii) as "coed" or "mixed" if such team is open to participation by (a) males, men, or boys and (b) females, women, or girls. The bill prohibits any student whose biological sex is male and who has not physically transitioned to female prior to puberty from participating on any school athletic team or squad designated for "females," "women," or "girls." Finally, the bill creates a civil cause of action for students and schools that suffer harm as a result of a violation of the provisions of the bill, provided that such action is initiated within two years of the harm occurring.
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Jan 2025
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Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Jan 23, 2025
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Jan 16, 2025
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Assigned Education sub: Public Education
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Jan 7, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Mark Peake
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