Assembly Bill A8239

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A8239 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S460
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L

2025-A8239 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-A8239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8239
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                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:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 62 to read as follows:
   62. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM PROMULGATING  ANY  RULES
 OR  REGULATIONS  WHICH  PREVENT SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER INTERSCHOOL ATHLETIC
 COMPETITION FROM DISALLOWING BIOLOGICALLY  MALE  STUDENTS  AT  BIRTH  TO
 PARTICIPATE  ON  A  TEAM ORGANIZED FOR FEMALES WHERE A SCHOOL DETERMINES
 THAT 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 SUCH INTERSCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPETITION, INCLUDING ACCESS
 TO INDIVIDUAL AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER BENEFITS OF SUCH SUCCESSFUL
 PARTICIPATION.
   § 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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