SB49 overturns a policy adopted by the South Dakota High School Activities Association that governed transgender student participation in athletics and replaces it with a state law requirement that students' sex for athletic purposes be determined by their sex at birth. This change removes the association's authority to set its own transgender participation rules and instead makes biological sex at birth the legal standard for deciding which school athletic teams students can join.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
Education Deferred to the 41st legislative day Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 160
Education Motion to amend
Education Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 73
Jim Bolin
Prime sponsor · Sen.
R
Thomas Brunner
Prime sponsor · Rep.
R
Education — Deferred to the 41st legislative day