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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy Committee 2/19/25 - Part 1
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- girls in addition to defining female girls in addition to defining female house<00:04:46.759>
- female.
- Female means female as biologically determined by genetics.
- as female just reading from 1.11 female as female just reading from 1.11 female means<01:28:04.560
- or female or female xyxx<01:29:58.679>
as <01:29:58.880>the <01:29:59.080>basis
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/6/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- refers male and female male and female refers male and female male and female refers to<00:28:54.880
- <00:36:51.880>
that's females in female sports only that's females in female sports only that's - in female sports.
- in female sports.
- in female sports.
Bills:
HF1233
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Debate on bill to bar transgender athletes from girls sports 3/3/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- sports team participation to the female sex.
- This bill gives a definition for a female and then goes on to restrict female-only teams to only females
- females females only<00:03:35.000>
the <00:03:35.239>Jordan <00:03:35.720>Amendment - A male who transitions to female has a distinct biological advantage over females. Not fair.
- Bodies to compete on their own level playing field: female with female, male with male.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary (2-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- , female to male.
- , female to male.
- female to male to another male to female female to male that's<00:02:28.319>
simply <00:02:29.080 - It requires DJJ to operate at least two female-only detention centers for female offenders and shall
- It requires DJJ to operate at least two female-only detention centers for female offenders and shall
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:04
SB 02: 00:01:37
Discussion in Opposition to SB 02: 00:09:49
SB 84: 00:22:19
SB 111: 00:30:35, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first considered Senate Bill 2, sponsored by Senator Mike Wilson, which would prohibit incarcerated people from receiving cross-sex hormones or gender-affirming surgeries, while allowing a tapering period if stopping an existing treatment would cause physical harm. Wilson said the bill was needed to prevent the Department of Corrections from providing such care by memo or policy rather than statute, and he argued the care was elective and not medically necessary. Senators Thomas, Neal, Nemes, Styers, and others questioned whether any gender-affirming surgeries had actually occurred in Kentucky, whether the hormone treatments were physician-prescribed, and whether the bill would override medical judgment; Wilson said the department reported no surgeries, that 67 incarcerated people were receiving cross-sex hormone therapy, and that he would only support treatment if it fit the bill’s narrow medical-harm exception.
Public testimony on SB 2 was strongly opposed. Chris Hartman of the Fairness Campaign said the bill would deny medically necessary care, violate the Eighth Amendment, and target a very small and vulnerable incarcerated population. Dr. Jack Skilles testified that gender-affirming care is medically necessary and supported by major medical organizations, warning that denying it could worsen mental health and lead to suicidality. Hannah Callahan, a transgender woman, described being denied hormone therapy while incarcerated and said the interruption caused severe physical and mental harm, including suicidal thoughts. Emma Curtis, Lexington’s Fourth District councilwoman, also urged a no vote, framing the issue as a matter of compassion and religious duty.
The committee then voted on SB 2. Senator Neal explained his no vote by saying he was not medically trained and deferred to doctors; Senator Nemes said he wanted clarification that the bill would not stop ongoing treatment; and Senator Styers argued the bill was a poor priority and noted there was no fiscal note and that only 67 people were affected. Senator Wheeler moved the bill, Senator Reed seconded, and the committee reported Senate Bill 2 favorably. Afterward, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 84, sponsored by Senator Steve Rawlings, which would limit judicial deference to state agency interpretations and require courts, not agencies, to interpret ambiguous laws, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 Loper Bright decision overturning Chevron deference.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill gives a definition for a female and then goes on to restrict female-only teams to only females
- As an advocate for fair treatment for female athletes, I believe in preserving female sports teams.
- over females.
- The knowledge of female athletes.
- It may be competing against male athletes in female sports, including males that identify as female or
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:11:05.720>
sports education restricting female sports education restricting female sports - <00:11:08.480>
sex teams participation to the female sex teams participation to the female - >
restrict <00:11:56.800>female <00:11:57.320>only then goes on to restrict female - A male who transitions to female has a distinct biological advantage over females. Not fair.
- with female male Playing Field female with female male with<02:23:17.000>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy Committee 2/19/25 - Part 2
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We're defining what a female is here.
- saying that a female is only a female saying that a female is only a female who<00:12:24.920>
- It's saying that only girls, only female students, can play on female teams.
- what a female is.
- Thank you, Madam Chair. play on female teams and then we go on play on female teams and then we go on
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If one female has a 16-year-old daughter and another female has a 16-year-old son, does the bill afford
- Male and female God created them.
- Her birth certificate says female. Her driver's license says female.
- So if I am in a female restroom, I might find some females attractive.
- He made me biologically female, and there is a difference between male and female.
Keywords:
gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct
Summary:
The Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on Senate Bill 7, the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, with the author and committee substitute explaining that the bill would require public facilities to designate multi-use private spaces by biological sex, restrict access to women’s restrooms, locker rooms, showers, sleeping quarters, shelters, and correctional facilities, and create civil penalties and enforcement mechanisms. Members asked about how the bill would apply to family violence shelters, children in mixed-family settings, venue layout, and venue for lawsuits; the author said the bill was similar to prior legislation but with stronger penalties and the 15th Court of Appeals as the exclusive intermediate appellate court for challenges, while clarifying that trial venue should generally be local except for state agencies. The committee also heard that the bill would be amended to better address local venue concerns and shelter-related issues.
Invited testimony was largely in support of the bill from witnesses who described personal experiences in women’s sports, prisons, shelters, and public facilities, arguing that single-sex spaces are necessary for privacy and safety. Supporters included parents, former incarcerated women, a Republican county chair, a legal advocate, and a prison educator, who cited incidents involving transgender-identifying individuals in locker rooms, shelters, prisons, and restrooms, and said the bill would restore sex-based boundaries and protect vulnerable women and girls. One witness from Texas Values said the bill was needed despite the recently enacted Women’s Bill of Rights, and another ADF witness said the measure would protect privacy in schools and shelters.
Opponents testified that the bill would harm transgender and intersex Texans, create harassment and “gender policing,” and expose cisgender women and children to invasive enforcement. Several witnesses argued there is no evidence that transgender women pose a restroom safety threat, while others said the bill would worsen mental health, employment, and school conditions for trans people and could conflict with prison standards and federal law. Family violence advocates urged changes to protect shelter operations and clarify that children can stay with parents, while other witnesses said the bill would create barriers for victims seeking help. The hearing featured extensive public testimony on both sides, but no final vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They have larger hearts and lungs and denser bones than biological females.
- The simple fact that you have to use the word trans female.
- He made the male and female.
- The state record for females is 6 feet. Thirteen inches different.
- The state record for females is 6 feet. 13 inches different.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- For the female. For female. Okay, so are you aware? For all of wrestling, right? For the female.
- For the female. For women.
- Female-identifying men pose a threat to the safety of female athletes. Okay, thank you very much.
- female player.'
- So I'll just start by saying female athletes injure other female athletes in sports all the time.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education held a very full public hearing on the first Education Committee hearing of the session, with testimony taken on a large slate of bills, especially H. 650/S. 436 and related measures. The chairs explained the hearing rules, including two-minute testimony limits, live streaming, written testimony, and accommodations for interpreters and disabilities. The committee first heard extensive testimony on H. 460/S. 436 and later H. 650/S. 436, bills to affirm and maintain equal access to public education for all children, including immigrant students, English learners, and students with disabilities. Witnesses included parents, advocates, educators, attorneys, and state officials, many of whom described fears caused by federal policy changes and argued that Massachusetts should codify protections for school enrollment, special education, interpreter services, and due process in discipline cases. The Attorney General’s office, Mass Advocates for Children, Lawyers for Civil Rights, MIRA, the Children’s Law Center, the Disability Law/advocacy community, and others all urged favorable action, while committee members asked questions about Plyler v. Doe, manifestation determinations, interpreter qualifications, and how the bill would mirror or preserve existing federal protections at the state level.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 702/S. 460, establishing an elementary and secondary school robotics grant program, which was supported as a way to expand STEM opportunities and help schools fund robotics programs. Representative Sweeney also testified on H. 713, a bill to support student participation in 4-H programming by allowing excused absences similar to those for athletics and other sanctioned activities; members noted bipartisan support and the bill’s long history. The hearing then moved to H. 543/S. 417, a recess bill requiring at least 30 minutes of free-play recess for K-8 students. Supporters included the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the League of Women Voters, educators, and parents, who emphasized recess as important for physical health, social-emotional development, attention, and academic performance, and noted that unequal local policies create disparities across districts. Several witnesses also tied recess to broader concerns about student well-being and screen time. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee simply received testimony and closed testimony on the bills as it moved through the agenda.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If one female has a 16-year-old daughter and another female has a 16-year-old son, does the bill afford
- Then what, you know, male or female?
- Her birth certificate says female, and her driver's license says female.
- So if I am in a female restroom, I might find it... some females attractive.
- Really cosplaying as females.
Keywords:
gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There are only two sexes, male and female.
- HB 229 would define sex, bodies, and parenthood in rigid binary terms, either male or female. female
- Male and female, He created them.
- Girl means a child of the female sex.
- Mother means a parent of the female.
Keywords:
HB 229, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county dues, county association, state association of counties, lobbying, lobbyist, public funds, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Government Code Chapter 556, Local Government Code Section 89.002, legislative advocacy, municipal government, county government, city government, special district
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Debate on a bill to require athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- female category in sport. female category in sport.
- beings who are created male and female. beings who are created male and female.
- , word trans female, word trans female, that<00:29:20.680>
is <00:29:20.800>a <00:29 - He made them male and female.
- female?" female?"
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House public safety panel hears HF435 - Pt. 1 2/25/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A woman is an adult human female. A girl is a minor human female.
- ><00:04:53.400>
biologically female means a female as biologically female means a female as biologically - have<00:05:21.840>
to a minor human female sadly we have to a minor human female sadly we - female female offenders<00:10:16.760>
Christina <00:10:17.320>Craig <00:10:17.680>Lusk - transgender male or transgender female transgender male or transgender female thank thank thank
Summary:
House File 435 was taken up with an author's amendment that added a definition of “female,” “woman,” and “girl” based on biological sex. The committee debated the amendment at length, with supporters saying it was needed for clarity and opponents arguing it was unscientific, dehumanizing, and imported from outside model legislation. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was laid over because no fiscal note had yet been received.
As amended, HF 435 would require the commissioner of Corrections to house only biological females at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee and to transfer any nonbiological females out within seven days of enactment. Chair Franson described it as a common-sense women’s rights and human rights bill intended to protect incarcerated women. Alicia Beckman, a former Shakopee GED teacher, testified in support, saying the current policy had allowed biological males with violent histories into the facility and created fear, retraumatization, and safety concerns for staff and inmates.
Several testifiers opposed the bill. Deva Guy, Lucy Ailia G., Reverend Dr. Justin Saia Tannis, and Jess Braverman argued that the bill would endanger transgender women, scapegoat a vulnerable minority, and conflict with research, the Prison Rape Elimination Act, and constitutional protections. They urged the committee to focus instead on broader prison conditions and safety issues. Committee members also questioned Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell about the placement process; he explained that transgender placements are reviewed through a multi-step process involving behavioral health and medical staff, a gender identity committee, and final review by the deputy commissioner and commissioner. He said 49 people systemwide have identified as transgender. The discussion ended with the bill laid over and the chair noting that a constitutional challenge would likely follow if the bill became law.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- But if it is a girls' team or a boys' team, male or female biological female, biological male, yeah,
- But if it is a girls' team or a boys' team, male or female biological female, biological male, yeah,
- But if it is a girls' team or a boys' team, male or female biological female, biological male, yeah,
- <00:38:31.680>
biological <00:38:32.800>female team male or female biological female - I'm transgender male to female. You can say my chromosomal sex, or my female sex.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Jaden, and I'm a female high school student athlete.
- I'm an aunt to female athletes.
- My Title IX and free speech rights as a female matter too.
- My Title IX in free speech rights as a female matter too.
- Kira Young, female soccer player. Nicole Young, her mother, female, just a mom.
Summary:
The committee met on April 1, 2025, first adopting its rules and then taking up AB 89, a bill to require CIF to align girls’ high school sports with federal policy and restrict participation to biological females. The author and supporters argued the bill was needed to protect fairness, safety, privacy, and competitive opportunities for girls, citing individual student-athlete stories and examples of transgender participation. Opponents, including parents, athletes, advocates, and technical witnesses, argued the bill would stigmatize transgender youth, invite invasive scrutiny and harassment, and solve a problem they said was extremely rare or unsupported by data. After lengthy public testimony and debate, the committee rejected AB 89 on a 2-7 vote and sent it to the Committee on Education as a failed motion.
The committee then heard AB 844, a related measure framed by the author as restoring competitive integrity, protecting student privacy, and bringing California into compliance with Title IX and federal directives. Supporters, including Matt Walsh and a student athlete who said she lost a varsity spot to a transgender student, argued that sex-based sports rules are necessary because biological males retain athletic advantages and that California risks federal funding if it does not change course. Opponents, including educators, parents, LGBTQ advocates, and trans youth, said the bill would increase bullying, harassment, and exclusion, and that existing policies have worked without evidence of harm from transgender athletes. Public comment was again heavily divided, with many speakers on both sides. The transcript ends during public testimony on AB 844, before any final committee vote or action is shown.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
07/08/2026 - Legislative Council
Transcript Highlights:
- and sports males and female sports will prevent females from being deprived of trophies that they should
- from playing in female scholastic sports.
- from playing in female Scholastic Report.
- , or males who identify as female, right?
- From playing in female sports? Mr.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an aunt to female athletes.
- I'm a mother, an aunt, and I'm also a female.
- Kyra Young, soccer player, female athlete, in strong support.
- My Title IX and free speech rights as a female matter too.
- Kira Young, female soccer player. Nicole Young, her mother.
NH
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Their gender at birth being a female would not preclude them from playing on a female team.
- Let's keep the locker rooms where they are: male and female, biological male, biological female.
- male and female biological male biological female<01:46:15.960>
believe <01:46:16.239>this - many people who are born with female many people who are born with female genitals<02:12:00.239>
- female and or are on female female and or are on female hormones<02:51:45.120>
that's <02: