88R25509 KJE-F
 
  By: Middleton, et al. S.B. No. 15
 
  (Swanson)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 15:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring public institution of higher education
  students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to
  compete based on biological sex.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Save Women's Sports
  Act.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.980 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.980.  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC COMPETITION BASED ON
  BIOLOGICAL SEX. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "Athletic competition" means any athletic display
  between teams or individuals, such as a contest, exhibition,
  performance, or sport.
               (2)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 61.003.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an
  intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or authorized by an
  institution of higher education may not allow:
               (1)  a student to compete on the team in an
  intercollegiate athletic competition sponsored or authorized by
  the institution that is designated for the biological sex opposite
  to the student's biological sex; or
               (2)  a male student to compete on the team in a
  mixed-sex intercollegiate athletic competition sponsored or
  authorized by the institution in a position that is designated by
  rule or procedure for female students.
         (c)  An intercollegiate athletic team described by
  Subsection (b) may allow a female student to compete in an
  intercollegiate athletic competition that is designated for male
  students if a corresponding intercollegiate athletic competition
  designated for female students is not offered or available.
         (d)  For purposes of this section:
               (1)  a student's biological sex is the biological sex
  correctly stated on:
                     (A)  the student's official birth certificate, as
  described by Subdivision (2); or
                     (B)  if the student's official birth certificate
  described by Paragraph (A) is unobtainable, another government
  record that accurately states the student's biological sex; and
               (2)  a statement of a student's biological sex on the
  student's official birth certificate is considered to have
  correctly stated the student's biological sex only if the statement
  was:
                     (A)  entered at or near the time of the student's
  birth; or
                     (B)  modified to correct a scrivener or clerical
  error in the student's biological sex.
         (e)  An institution of higher education or an
  intercollegiate athletic team described by Subsection (b) may not
  retaliate against a person for reporting a violation of this
  section.
         (f)  A person may bring a civil action for injunctive relief
  against an institution of higher education or an intercollegiate
  athletic team described by Subsection (b) that violates this
  section.
         (g)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
  adopt rules to implement this section. The rules must ensure
  compliance with state and federal law regarding the confidentiality
  of student medical information, including Chapter 181, Health and
  Safety Code, and the Health Insurance Portability and
  Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.).
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies to any intercollegiate athletic
  competition sponsored or authorized by a public institution of
  higher education that occurs on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.