SB 24-113 Summary

• Starting July 1, 2025, youth sports organizations must require all coaches to complete annual mandatory reporter training and encourage completion of abuse prevention training covering prohibited conduct, appropriate coach-player interactions, and proper responses to abuse disclosures.

• Youth sports organizations must develop and enforce a prohibited conduct policy listing prohibited conduct by parents, spectators, coaches, and athletes, with a mandatory reporting requirement for adults aware of violations.

• All coaches at youth sports organizations must pass a criminal history record check by a private consumer reporting agency before employment, disqualifying those convicted of felony child abuse, felony sexual offenses, or comparable out-of-state offenses.

• Local governments sponsoring youth athletic activities must adopt prohibited conduct policies for coaches and paid coaches must undergo criminal history record checks with the same disqualification standards as private youth sports organizations.

• The Attorney General must create a model code of conduct policy and notice document for youth sports organizations to post on websites or provide to parents explaining the law's requirements.