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Assembly Bill A7741

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Protects women's sports from unfair competition

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2025-A7741 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4496
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3229, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6124, S6259

2025-A7741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.

2025-A7741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7741
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BAILEY, MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  protecting  women
   sports from unfair competition
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3229
 to read as follows:
   § 3229. FEMALE SPORTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, LOCAL LAW
 OR  RULE  OR  REGULATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO THE CONTRARY, AN
 INTERSCHOLASTIC OR INTRAMURAL ATHLETIC TEAM OR SPORT THAT  IS  SPONSORED
 BY  A  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  OR  A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN
 THROUGH TWELVE, WHICH COMPETES AGAINST OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MIDDLE OR
 HIGH SCHOOLS, SHALL NOT PERMIT PERSONS OTHER THAN THOSE ASSIGNED  FEMALE
 AT BIRTH TO JOIN SUCH TEAM OR PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SPORT IF SUCH ATHLETIC
 TEAM OR SPORT IS EXPRESSLY DESIGNATED SOLELY FOR FEMALE ATHLETES.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04929-01-5

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