On Monday, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed HB 25 (full text) which requires transgender students on interscholastic high school athletic teams to compete only on teams that conform to their biological sex as specified on their original birth certificate. The only exception is for female students competing on male teams when no female team is available. The law states that its purpose is:
to further the governmental interest of ensuring that sufficient interscholastic athletic opportunities remain available for girls to remedy past discrimination on the basis of sex.
KRIS TV reports on the new legislation. [Thanks to Scott Mange for the lead.]
