New York A 8239: 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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A08239 Summary:

BILL NOA08239 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00460

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SPONSORMikulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §305, Ed L

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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.

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BILL NOA08239 

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05/05/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8239

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 62 to read as follows:
 3 62. The commissioner shall be prohibited from promulgating any rules
 4 or regulations which prevent schools which offer interschool athletic
 5 competition from disallowing biologically male students at birth to
 6 participate on a team organized for females where a school determines
 7 that such biological male student's participation would have an adverse
 8 effect on the physical or emotional safety of female participants, or
 9 would adversely impact a female student's ability to participate
 10 successfully in such interschool athletic competition, including access
 11 to individual awards, scholarships and other benefits of such successful
 12 participation.
 13 § 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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