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HOUSE BILL 6
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​Summary of House Bill 6

SPONSOR(S)
Rep. Jena Powell (District 80)

​TARGETS
Trans, non-binary, and gender diverse students
K-12 school athletic programs
College and university athletic programs
Ohio High School Athletic Association

​
​​DESCRIPTION​
Requires schools, colleges, and universities to establish separate single-sex athletic teams for females and males; bans males from participating on female teams; allows civil actions for violations 
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COMMITTEE
House Higher Education Committee

INTRODUCED 
February 15, 2023

TESTIMONY
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BILL
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​What does House Bill 6 do?​

Requires schools, colleges, and universities participating in athletic competitions or events administered by a regulating interscholastic athletic conference, national collegiate athletics association, the national association of intercollegiate athletics, or the national junior college association create seperate single-sex sports teams.

Schools, colleges, and universities must:
  • Create separate teams for "participants of the female sex within female sports divisions"
  • Create separate teams for "participants of the male sex within male sports divisions"
  • Create co-ed teams for female and male students within co-ed sports divisions
  • Prohibit "individuals of the male sex to participate on athletic teams or in athletic competitions designated only for participants of the female sex"
  • Allow any student to participate on male and co-ed teams​

PENALTIES
Allows student athletes who suffered harm resulting from a violation of the bill to take action against the school, school district, interscholastic conference, or organization that regulates interscholastic athletics
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Allows schools, state institutions, or private colleges that suffered harm resulting from a violation of the bill to take action against the agency, political subdivision, accrediting organization, or athletic association that violates that division

Requires civil action resulting from a violation of the bill to be initiated within two years of the violation

Prohibits agencies, businesses, or other organizations in the state from taking action against the school for complying with the team structure
 

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HOW TO SUBMIT TESTIMONY
**DO NOT SEND TESTIMONY UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE HEARING IS ANNOUNCED**
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STEP 1:
PREPARE YOUR TESTIMONY

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STEP 2:
EMAIL TESTIMONY DOCUMENTS TO COMMITTEE
Email a PDF of your testimony & this completed Witness Slip to 
rep37@ohiohouse.gov

**IMPORTANT**
Do NOT send your testimony until the appropriate hearing is announced.
You must submit your testimony 24 hours ahead of the scheduled hearing.
Indicate in your email that you are submitting opposition testimony this bill and ask for a confirmation of receipt.
All testimony will be uploaded HERE



STEP 3:
ARRIVE EARLY FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY
Arrive at least 1 hour prior to the scheduled hearing 
There is convenient parking in the Statehouse Parking Garage
Sign in on the witness roster in the hearing room


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