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May 2022

5 entries from May 2022.

May 25

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt signed SB 615, requiring K-12 students to use restrooms matching birth-certificate sex

On May 25, 2022, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed SB 615, requiring every public school and public charter school serving pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade to designate multiple-occupancy restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms for the exclusive use of one sex as listed on a student's original birth certificate. A noncompliant student is limited to a single-occupancy facility, and a noncompliant district faces a 5% state funding cut. Three transgender students later sued to block the law; a federal judge dismissed the suit, and the dismissal remains on appeal.

May 24

Indiana Legislature overrode Gov. Holcomb's veto to enact HB 1041, a K-12 transgender sports ban

The Indiana General Assembly voted to override Gov. Eric Holcomb's veto of HB 1041 on May 24, 2022 — the House 67-28 and the Senate 32-15 — enacting House Enrolled Act 1041 into law. The statute bars students who are male based on sex assigned at birth from participating on girls'-designated K-12 athletic teams, creating a civil cause of action against schools that allow a transgender girl to compete while immunizing schools that exclude her.

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May 9

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed SB 2153, barring transgender women from college sports

On May 9, 2022, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed SB 2153 (Public Chapter 1005), barring students of the male sex from intercollegiate or intramural sports designated for "females," "women," or "girls" at public (and certain private) institutions of higher education, requiring institutions to rely on a student's original birth certificate. The same act created a private civil cause of action for violations of Tennessee's existing K-12 transgender sports ban enacted in 2021.

May 4

Georgia High School Association voted to bar transgender athletes based on birth-certificate sex

On May 4, 2022, the Georgia High School Association's executive committee voted unanimously, meeting in Thomaston, Georgia, to require student athletes to compete on teams matching the sex listed on their birth certificate, barring transgender students from teams matching their gender identity. The vote came five days after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed HB 1084, which authorized a separate committee to investigate and decide the same question — a process GHSA's executive committee bypassed. GHSA, which governs athletics for 465 public and private Georgia schools, said the rule would take effect for the coming school year.