| 3 | | - | 1.3 sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 121A.04, by adding a subdivision; |
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| 4 | | - | 1.4 128C.02, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | | - | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | | - | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | | - | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | | - | 1.8 Subd. 4a.Preserving girls' sports.(a) This subdivision may be cited as the "Preserving |
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| 9 | | - | 1.9Girls' Sports Act." |
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| 10 | | - | 1.10 (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, only female students may participate in an |
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| 11 | | - | 1.11elementary or secondary school level athletic team or sport that an educational institution |
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| 12 | | - | 1.12has restricted to women and girls. |
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| 13 | | - | 1.13 (c) For purposes of this section, female is the sex that was "previously limited or |
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| 14 | | - | 1.14restricted," and "female" means a female as biologically determined by genetics and defined |
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| 15 | | - | 1.15with respect to an individual's reproductive system. A female is defined as an individual |
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| 16 | | - | 1.16who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional |
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| 17 | | - | 1.17or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, |
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| 18 | | - | 1.18and utilizes eggs for fertilization. A woman is an adult human female. A girl is a minor |
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| 19 | | - | 1.19human female. |
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| 20 | | - | 1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 3 | + | 1.3 sex; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 4 | + | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | + | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 6 | + | 1.6to read: |
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| 7 | + | 1.7 Subd. 4a.Female sports teams.Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, only students |
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| 8 | + | 1.8of the female sex may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team |
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| 9 | + | 1.9or sport that an educational institution has restricted on the basis of sex to women or girls. |
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| 10 | + | 1.10If there is a dispute as to whether a student is of the female sex, the student must present a |
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| 11 | + | 1.11signed physician's statement indicating the student's sex that is based solely on: |
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| 12 | + | 1.12 (1) the student's internal and external reproductive anatomy; |
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| 13 | + | 1.13 (2) the student's naturally occurring level of testosterone; and |
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| 14 | + | 1.14 (3) an analysis of the student's chromosomes. |
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| 15 | + | 1.15 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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