Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2012
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Rules (Book) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (905484) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 20 - 33
    5  and insert:
    6  athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a secondary
    7  school or postsecondary institution must be expressly designated
    8  as one of the following based on biological sex:
    9         1. Males, men, or boys;
   10         2. Females, women, or girls; or
   11         3. Coed or mixed.
   12         (b) Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women,
   13  or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.
   14         (c) Middle school students who transition from their
   15  assigned sex at birth are eligible to compete on an athletic
   16  team consistent with their respective gender identity.
   17         (d) Secondary school students who transition from their
   18  assigned sex at birth are eligible to compete on an athletic
   19  team consistent with their respective gender identity in
   20  accordance with the Bylaws of the Florida High School Athletic
   21  Association, Inc., 2019-20 Edition, regarding gender identity
   22  participation.
   23         (e) Postsecondary students who transition from their
   24  assigned sex at birth are eligible to compete on an athletic
   25  team consistent with their respective gender identity in
   26  accordance with the policy stated in National Collegiate
   27  Athletic Association Inclusion of Transgender Student-Athletes,
   28  August 2011 Edition.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete lines 81 - 88
   33  and insert:
   34         short title; providing legislative intent; authorizing
   35         students who transition from their assigned sex at
   36         birth to compete on an athletic team consistent with
   37         their respective gender identity under certain
   38         conditions; providing protections for