PHOTO – Workplace Of The Governor (June 15, 2023)
SAN ANTONIO (KTSA Information) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott at this time signed the Save Girls's Sports activities Act into regulation in the course of the 88th common legislative session on the Texas Capitol.
Governor Abbott mentioned in an announcement Thursday that the brand new regulation goals to guard the integrity of girls's sports activities by banning organic males from competing towards feminine athletes at Texas faculties and universities.
“At the moment is a vital day for feminine athletes throughout the state of Texas, together with little women who aspire to someday compete in school sports activities,” mentioned Governor Abbott. “The Save Girls's Sports activities Act protects younger ladies at Texas faculties and universities by prohibiting males from competing as a crew or as people towards them in school sports activities. Sports activities have impressed many ladies to have daring visions and desires of what they wish to obtain. The legacy of girls's sport can be protected for generations to return. The ladies of Texas will be assured that the integrity of their sports activities can be protected in our state.”
In 2021, Governor Abbott signed comparable laws to guard women' sports activities in Texas public colleges.
The Governor was joined on the signing ceremony by Senators Mayes Middleton and Donna Campbell; Representatives Caroline Harris, Tom Oliverson and Valoree Swanson; former school swimmer Jeri Shanteau; school basketball participant Kassidy Comer; powerlifter Jade Dickens; school swimmer Ellie McLeod; school volleyball participant Makenna Miller; and different supporters of girls's sports activities.
Senate Invoice 15 (Middleton/Swanson) prohibits a organic male from competing in a collegiate stage athletic occasion meant for a organic feminine athlete with a view to protect aggressive equity. The invoice additionally creates a mechanism for individuals to hunt injunctive reduction towards a Texas public school or college or intercollegiate athletic crew if it violates the regulation's provisions.
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