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GA HB104

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brent Cox

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all interscholastic athletic teams in Georgia public schools and participating private schools to be designated as male, female, or coed for each competition

  • Prohibits male students from participating in athletic programs designated for females, and vice versa, with sex defined solely by reproductive biology and genetics at birth as stated on the original birth certificate

  • Replaces the term "gender" with "sex" throughout existing athletic anti-discrimination provisions in the Quality Basic Education Act

  • Removes the athletic association's discretionary authority to adopt policies prohibiting students from competing on teams of a different sex, making such restrictions mandatory under state law

  • Applies to private schools only when they compete against public schools or local school systems, not when competing exclusively against other private schools

Legislative Description

Equal Athletic Opportunities Act; enact

Last Action

House Second Readers

1/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Education1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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