On Wednesday, the Arizona House Judiciary Committee passed SB1165, a bill sponsored by Sen. Nancy Barto, dubbed the “Save Women’s Sports Act.”
The bill is intended to preserve an equal playing ground for girls and women by prohibiting transgender women from competing in K-12 and collegiate women’s sports.
The bill passed in a 6-4 party line vote. It now heads to the whole House for consideration.
SB1165 “requires any athletic team that is sponsored by a public or private school to be designated based on the biological sex of the student participants. It allows injunctive relief, damages and any other relief available under law for students or schools that suffer any direct or indirect harm due to a violation.”