LCO No. 1928 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 690 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 1928 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: SEN. SAMPSON, 16 th Dist. AN ACT PROVIDING CIVIL IMMUNITY TO INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SANCTIONING BODIES OF PRIVATE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADOPT GENDER IDENTITY POLICIES CONCERNING ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION AND COMPETITION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to render interscholastic 1 athletic organizations and the sanctioning bodies of private youth 2 organizations immune from civil liability for adopting any policy 3 requiring a participant who has a gender identity that is different from 4 the gender listed on the person's official birth certificate to compete on 5 a gender-specific sports team that matches the gender on the birth 6 certificate. 7 Statement of Purpose: To provide civil immunity for interscholastic athletic organizations and the sanctioning bodies of private youth organizations when such entities adopt policies that require an athletic participant to compete on a team that matches the gender identity on the person's birth certificate.