NY State Senate Bill 2025-S460

Senate Bill S460

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the commissioner from promulgating any rules or regulations which prevent schools from disallowing biological male students at birth to participate on a team organized for females

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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Jan 08, 2025	referred to education

2025-S460 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §305, Ed L

2025-S460 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the commissioner from promulgating any rules or regulations which prevent schools from disallowing biologically male students at birth to participate on a team organized for females where a school determines such biological male student's participation would have an adverse effect on the physical or emotional safety of female participants, or would adversely impact a female student's ability to participate successfully in interschool athletic competition.

2025-S460 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S460

SPONSOR: RHOADS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the
department from promulgating certain rules and regulations concerning
biologically male students at birth participating on teams organized for
females

 
PURPOSE:

Prohibits the commissioner from promulgating any rules or regulations
which prevent schools from disallowing biological male students at birth
to participate on a team organized for females.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 62 to read as follows:  62. The commissioner shall be
prohibited from promulgating any rules or regulations which prevent
schools which offer interschool athletic competition from disallowing

biologically male students at birth to participate on a team of organ-
ized for females where a school determines that such biological male
student's participation would have an adverse effect on the physical or
emotional safety of female participants.

2. This ach shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The commissioner of the Department of Education should not have the
authority to dictate to school districts which students may participate
in their sports teams. The decision of whether biologically male
students should be allowed to play on female sports teams should be made
by the individual school district, not the commissioner.

Allowing biological males to participate and compete on teams designated
for biological women may create an unfair competitive advantage while
threatening the physical safety of biological female participants and
the integrity of women's sports. It is a scientific fact that physiolog-
ical differences between biological men and women in terms of testoster-
one levels leads to biological men being able to perform with greater
speeds and power during physical activity.

Schools and parents know what is best for their students. Power should
be granted to individual school districts to determine for themselves
the level in which biological male students can participate in their
sports teams to prevent unfair advantages and protect female sports.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This ach shall take effect immediately.

2025-S460 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    460
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  the
   department  from promulgating certain rules and regulations concerning
   biologically male students at birth participating on  teams  organized
   for females
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 62 to read as follows:
   62. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM PROMULGATING  ANY  RULES
 OR  REGULATIONS  WHICH  PREVENT SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER INTERSCHOOL ATHLETIC
 COMPETITION FROM DISALLOWING BIOLOGICALLY  MALE  STUDENTS  AT  BIRTH  TO
 PARTICIPATE  ON  A  TEAM ORGANIZED FOR FEMALES WHERE A SCHOOL DETERMINES
 THAT SUCH BIOLOGICAL MALE STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION WOULD HAVE AN  ADVERSE
 EFFECT  ON  THE  PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL SAFETY OF FEMALE PARTICIPANTS, OR
 WOULD  ADVERSELY  IMPACT  A  FEMALE  STUDENT'S  ABILITY  TO  PARTICIPATE
 SUCCESSFULLY  IN SUCH INTERSCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPETITION, INCLUDING ACCESS
 TO INDIVIDUAL AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER BENEFITS OF SUCH SUCCESSFUL
 PARTICIPATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01103-01-5

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