*HB1041.1*
January 24, 2022
HOUSE BILL No. 1041
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DIGEST OF HB 1041 (Updated January 24, 2022 12:55 pm - DI 147)
Citations Affected: IC 20-26; IC 20-33; IC 34-30.
Synopsis: Participation in school sports. Requires, for purposes of
interscholastic athletic events, school corporations, public schools,
nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations to expressly
designate an athletic team or sport as one of the following: (1) A male,
men's, or boys' team or sport. (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or
sport. (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport. Prohibits a male,
based on the student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the
student's genetics and reproductive biology, from participating on an
athletic team or sport designated as being a female, women's, or girls'
athletic team or sport. Requires school corporations, public schools,
certain nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations to establish
grievance procedures for a violation of these provisions. Establishes a
civil action for a violation of these provisions. Provides that school
corporations, public schools, certain nonpublic schools, and certain
athletic associations are not subject to liability in a civil,
administrative, disciplinary, or criminal action for acting in compliance
with these provisions.
Effective: July 1, 2022.
Davis, Jeter, King, Heaton
January 4, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
January 24, 2022, amended, reported — Do Pass.
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Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1041
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 20-26-14-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 10. An association is subject to
4 IC 20-33-13.
5 SECTION 2. IC 20-33-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
6 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
7 JULY 1, 2022]:
8 Chapter 13. Athletic Teams and Sports
9 Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following:
10 (1) An athletic team or sport that is organized, sanctioned, or
11 sponsored by a school corporation or public school in which
12 the students participating on the athletic team or in the sport
13 compete against students participating on an athletic team or
14 in a sport that is organized, sanctioned, or sponsored by
15 another school corporation, public school, or nonpublic
16 school.
17 (2) An athletic team or sport that is organized, sanctioned, or
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1 sponsored by a nonpublic school that voluntarily competes
2 against an athletic team or sport that is organized, sanctioned,
3 or sponsored by a school corporation or public school.
4 (3) An athletic team or sport approved or sanctioned by an
5 association for purposes of participation in a high school
6 interscholastic athletic event.
7 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "association" has the meaning set
8 forth in IC 20-26-14-1.
9 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public school" means the
10 following:
11 (1) A school maintained by a school corporation.
12 (2) A charter school.
13 Sec. 4. (a) A school corporation, public school, nonpublic school,
14 or association that organizes, sanctions, or sponsors an athletic
15 team or sport described in section 1 of this chapter shall expressly
16 designate the athletic team or sport as one (1) of the following:
17 (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport.
18 (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or sport.
19 (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport.
20 (b) A male, based on a student's biological sex at birth in
21 accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology,
22 may not participate on an athletic team or sport designated under
23 this section as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or
24 sport.
25 Sec. 5. (a) A student or parent of a student may submit a
26 grievance to a school corporation, public school, nonpublic school,
27 or association for a violation of section 4 of this chapter.
28 (b) Each school corporation, public school, nonpublic school,
29 and association described in section 4 of this chapter shall establish
30 and maintain a grievance procedure for the resolution of a
31 grievance submitted under this section.
32 Sec. 6. (a) If a school corporation, public school, nonpublic
33 school, or association violates this chapter, a student who is:
34 (1) deprived of an athletic opportunity; or
35 (2) otherwise directly or indirectly injured;
36 as a result of the violation may bring a civil action against the
37 school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or association.
38 (b) A school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or
39 association may not retaliate or otherwise take any adverse action
40 against a student for reporting a violation or bringing a civil action
41 for a violation of this chapter.
42 Sec. 7. The court may award to a student who prevails in an
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1 action under section 6 of this chapter any of the following:
2 (1) Injunctive relief.
3 (2) The greater of:
4 (A) actual and consequential damages resulting from the
5 violation; or
6 (B) liquidated damages of not more than one thousand
7 dollars ($1,000).
8 (3) Costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
9 (4) Any other appropriate relief determined by the court.
10 Sec. 8. A school corporation, a public school, a nonpublic school,
11 and an association are not subject to liability in:
12 (1) a civil;
13 (2) an administrative;
14 (3) a disciplinary; or
15 (4) a criminal;
16 action for acting in good faith in compliance with this chapter.
17 SECTION 3. IC 34-30-2-86.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
18 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
19 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 86.8. IC 20-33-13-8 (Concerning
20 school corporations, public schools, nonpublic schools, and athletic
21 associations that comply with requirements regarding athletic
22 teams and sports).
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred
House Bill 1041, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said
bill be amended as follows:
Page 3, delete lines 17 through 42.
Delete page 4.
Page 5, delete lines 1 through 5.
Page 5, delete lines 12 through 17.
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1041 as introduced.)
BEHNING
Committee Vote: yeas 8, nays 4.
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