S 4496 NY
Protects women's sports from unfair competition
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Summary
The bill amends New York education law to establish eligibility criteria for school athletic teams designated solely for female athletes. Under the bill, interscholastic and intramural athletic teams or sports that are expressly designated solely for female athletes and sponsored by public or private middle and high schools may only permit participation by students assigned female at birth. The bill takes effect on July 1 following its enactment.
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Official abstract
Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.
Sponsor (1)
- Alexis Weik Republican · primary
4 coauthors / cosponsors
- George Borrello Republican · cosponsor
- Pamela Helming Republican · cosponsor
- Steve Rhoads Republican · cosponsor
- Mark Walczyk Republican · cosponsor
Action history (4)
- Feb 6, 2025 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · upper
- Mar 9, 2026 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED · upper
- May 5, 2026 DEFEATED IN EDUCATION · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S04496 Summary: BILL NO S04496   SAME AS SAME AS A07741
  SPONSOR WEIK   COSPNSR BORRELLO, HELMING, RHOADS, WALCZYK   MLTSPNSR   Add §3229, Ed L   Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
4496
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 6, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 protecting women sports from unfair competition
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3229 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3229. Female sports. Notwithstanding any general, special, local law 4 or rule or regulation of the education department to the contrary, an 5 interscholastic or intramural athletic team or sport that is sponsored 6 by a public school or a private school for students in grades seven 7 through twelve, which competes against other public or private middle or 8 high schools, shall not permit persons other than those assigned female 9 at birth to join such team or participate in such sport if such athletic 10 team or sport is expressly designated solely for female athletes. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 12 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 13 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 14 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 15 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04929-01-5
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