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28 | 28 | | SENATE BILL 459 |
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29 | 29 | | 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025 |
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30 | 30 | | INTRODUCED BY |
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31 | 31 | | Jay C. Block and Nicole Tobiassen |
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32 | 32 | | AN ACT |
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33 | 33 | | RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS; ENACTING THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S |
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34 | 34 | | SPORTS ACT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; REQUIRING EQUAL ATHLETIC |
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35 | 35 | | OPPORTUNITIES FOR MALES AND FEMALES; REQUIRING SEPARATE |
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36 | 36 | | ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; REQUIRING |
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37 | 37 | | DESIGNATION OF ATHLETIC TEAMS, SPORTS, ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS |
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38 | 38 | | AND ATHLETIC EVENTS AS FOR EITHER SEX SEPARATELY OR AS |
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39 | 39 | | COEDUCATIONAL; PROHIBITING MALE PARTICIPATION FOR, AGAINST OR |
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40 | 40 | | WITH ATHLETIC TEAMS DESIGNATED FOR FEMALES; ALLOWING MALE |
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41 | 41 | | ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE AS PRACTICE PLAYERS ON TEAMS DESIGNATED |
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42 | 42 | | FOR FEMALES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING PRIVATE CAUSES |
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43 | 43 | | OF ACTION. |
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44 | 44 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: |
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45 | 45 | | SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--This act may be |
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46 | 46 | | cited as the "Protection of Women's Sports Act". |
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74 | 74 | | SECTION 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the |
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75 | 75 | | Protection of Women's Sports Act: |
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76 | 76 | | A. "athletic association" means a governing body |
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77 | 77 | | for athletic competition or sport or an organization of |
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78 | 78 | | athletic conferences; |
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79 | 79 | | B. "athletic club" means a privately or publicly |
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80 | 80 | | operated organization that operates sports teams, trains |
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81 | 81 | | athletes for competition or allows athletes or athletic teams |
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82 | 82 | | to use its facilities on a regular basis; |
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83 | 83 | | C. "athletic event" means a competition, contest, |
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84 | 84 | | game, jamboree, scrimmage, tournament, showcase, combine or |
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85 | 85 | | tryout related to a sport or physical activity; |
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86 | 86 | | D. "boy" means a person who is a juvenile male; |
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87 | 87 | | E. "compete" means to participate in an athletic |
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88 | 88 | | event or other event after which teams or participants are |
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89 | 89 | | designated as winners, roster spots are determined or prizes |
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90 | 90 | | awarded; |
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91 | 91 | | F. "female" means the organism of the human species |
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92 | 92 | | that, from conception, is meant to produce the large |
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93 | 93 | | reproductive cell; |
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94 | 94 | | G. "gender identity" means a person's internal and |
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95 | 95 | | subjective sense of self that is disconnected from biological |
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96 | 96 | | reality and sex; |
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97 | 97 | | H. "girl" means a person who is a juvenile female; |
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98 | 98 | | I. "male" means the organism of the human species |
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127 | 127 | | that, from conception, is meant to produce the small |
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128 | 128 | | reproductive cell; |
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129 | 129 | | J. "man" means a person who is an adult male; |
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130 | 130 | | K. "public educational institution" means a public |
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131 | 131 | | school, school district or public post-secondary educational |
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132 | 132 | | institution; |
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133 | 133 | | L. "sex" means a person's immutable biological |
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134 | 134 | | classification as male or female and is not a synonym of or |
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135 | 135 | | does not include the concept of gender identity; |
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136 | 136 | | M. "team" means a group of people that participate |
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137 | 137 | | in athletic or physical competitions for the same organization, |
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138 | 138 | | school, club, college, university or cause; and |
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139 | 139 | | N. "woman" means a person who is an adult female. |
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140 | 140 | | SECTION 3. [NEW MATERIAL] ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES-- |
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141 | 141 | | SEPARATE ATHLETIC TEAMS.-- |
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142 | 142 | | A. A public educational institution that offers, |
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143 | 143 | | operates or sponsors interscholastic or intercollegiate |
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144 | 144 | | athletics shall provide equal athletic opportunities for both |
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145 | 145 | | sexes. |
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146 | 146 | | B. Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection A |
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147 | 147 | | of this section, a public educational institution or private |
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148 | 148 | | athletic club located within this state may operate or sponsor |
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149 | 149 | | single-sex teams and provide that selection for such teams is |
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150 | 150 | | based upon competitive skill or that the activity involved is a |
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151 | 151 | | contact sport. |
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180 | 180 | | SECTION 4. [NEW MATERIAL] DESIGNATION OF ATHLETIC |
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181 | 181 | | OPPORTUNITIES.-- |
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182 | 182 | | A. All public educational institutions and athletic |
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183 | 183 | | clubs that participate in athletic competitions or events with |
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184 | 184 | | or against other institutions or clubs must designate each |
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185 | 185 | | athletic team, sport, athletic competition or athletic event as |
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186 | 186 | | a: |
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187 | 187 | | (1) team, sport, competition or event for |
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188 | 188 | | males, men or boys; |
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189 | 189 | | (2) team, sport, competition or event for |
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190 | 190 | | females, women or girls; or |
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191 | 191 | | (3) a coeducational or mixed team, sport, |
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192 | 192 | | competition or event. |
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193 | 193 | | B. An individual who competes in any sport, |
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194 | 194 | | athletic competition or athletic event designated for females, |
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195 | 195 | | women or girls must be biologically female. The sex listed on |
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196 | 196 | | a participant's birth certificate may be relied on to establish |
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197 | 197 | | the participant's eligibility pursuant to this section if the |
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198 | 198 | | sex designated on the birth certificate was designated at or |
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199 | 199 | | near the time of the participant's birth. |
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200 | 200 | | SECTION 5. [NEW MATERIAL] WOMEN'S ATHLETIC COMPETITION |
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201 | 201 | | PROTECTIONS.--A public educational institution, an athletic |
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202 | 202 | | club or an athletic association that operates, sponsors or |
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203 | 203 | | permits athletic competitions or events shall not allow a male |
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204 | 204 | | to compete for, against or with a team designated for females, |
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233 | 233 | | women or girls or to compete in an event designated for |
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234 | 234 | | females, women or girls. |
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235 | 235 | | SECTION 6. [NEW MATERIAL] MALE PRACTICE PLAYERS-- |
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236 | 236 | | PERMITTED.--Nothing in the Protection of Women's Sports Act |
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237 | 237 | | shall prohibit a public educational institution, an athletic |
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238 | 238 | | club or an athletic association from allowing male athletes to |
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239 | 239 | | participate as practice players on teams designated for |
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240 | 240 | | females, women or girls; provided that no such player takes a |
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241 | 241 | | roster spot, opportunity to compete, scholarship or spot at the |
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242 | 242 | | school from a female. |
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243 | 243 | | SECTION 7. [NEW MATERIAL] COMPLIANCE.-- |
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244 | 244 | | A. A governmental entity, a licensing or |
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245 | 245 | | accrediting organization or an athletic association shall not |
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246 | 246 | | consider a complaint, open an investigation or take adverse |
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247 | 247 | | action against a public educational institution for complying |
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248 | 248 | | with the Protection of Women's Sports Act. |
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249 | 249 | | B. A licensing or accrediting organization or an |
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250 | 250 | | athletic association that receives public money or is otherwise |
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251 | 251 | | in contract with the state or a political subdivision of the |
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252 | 252 | | state that does not comply with the Protection of Women's |
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253 | 253 | | Sports Act shall be subject to revocation of public money, |
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254 | 254 | | disqualification from receiving public money in the future or |
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255 | 255 | | contract termination. |
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256 | 256 | | SECTION 8. [NEW MATERIAL] CAUSE OF ACTION--REMEDIES.-- |
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257 | 257 | | A. An individual who is deprived of an athletic |
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286 | 286 | | opportunity or who suffers or who will suffer direct or |
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287 | 287 | | indirect harm resulting from a violation of the Protection of |
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288 | 288 | | Women's Sports Act may bring a private cause of action for |
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289 | 289 | | injunctive relief, compensatory damages and legal fees against |
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290 | 290 | | the violating entity. |
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291 | 291 | | B. A public educational institution, an athletic |
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292 | 292 | | association or an athletic club that suffers or will suffer |
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293 | 293 | | direct or indirect harm as a result of a violation of the |
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294 | 294 | | Protection of Women's Sports Act may bring a private cause of |
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295 | 295 | | action against the violating entity for injunctive relief and |
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296 | 296 | | compensatory damages. |
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297 | 297 | | C. An individual, a team or an athletic club |
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298 | 298 | | subjected to retaliation or other adverse action as a result of |
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299 | 299 | | reporting a violation of the Protection of Women's Sports Act |
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300 | 300 | | to an employee or representative of a public educational |
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301 | 301 | | institution, an athletic association or an athletic club or |
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302 | 302 | | subjected to retaliation or other adverse action as a result of |
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303 | 303 | | reporting a violation of that act to a state or federal |
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304 | 304 | | government entity with oversight authority may bring a private |
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305 | 305 | | cause of action against the retaliating entity for injunctive |
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306 | 306 | | relief, damages and any other relief available under law. |
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307 | 307 | | D. An action brought pursuant to this section shall |
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308 | 308 | | be commenced within one year of the event giving rise to the |
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309 | 309 | | complaint. |
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