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Amend SB 2095 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ___. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.089 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.089. UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE POLICY ON PARTICIPATION OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. (a) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt a policy regarding the participation of students who identify as transgender in athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the league.
(b) The policy may not require that a student undergo gender-confirming surgery or obtain legal recognition of the student's transitioned gender before the student is permitted to participate in competition with students of the gender with which the student identifies.
(c) The policy must include the following provisions:
(1) a student who has not received and is not receiving hormone treatment relating to gender transition may participate in competition based on the student's assigned birth gender as follows:
(A) a student with an assigned birth gender of female who identifies as male may choose to participate in competition with female or male students; and
(B) a student with an assigned birth gender of male who identifies as female may participate in competition only with male students; and
(2) a student who has received or is receiving hormone treatment relating to gender transition may participate in competition as follows:
(A) a student who has been or is being treated with testosterone for a diagnosed gender identity disorder, gender dysphoria, or transsexualism may participate in competition only with male students; and
(B) a student who has been or is being treated with testosterone suppression medication for a diagnosed gender identity disorder, gender dysphoria, or transsexualism may not participate in competition with female students until the student has completed one year of testosterone suppression medication.
(d) The policy required by this section shall apply only to a student's eligibility to participate in a competition that is limited to students of a single gender, and nothing in this section or a required policy provision is intended to limit eligibility to participate on a coed team or in a competition that includes both males and females in a single division.
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in the introductory language (page 1, line 30), between "(j)," and "(k),", insert "(j-1),".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 33.091, Education Code (page 1, between lines 56 and 57), insert the following:
(j-1) In making a declaration of ineligibility under Subsection (i) and in adopting rules under Subsection (j), the league must act in a manner consistent with the policy adopted under Section 33.089 to the extent that the policy is relevant to the league's action.