Even though HB1195 was killed in the liberal Senate Education committee, conservatives are trying to get it on the Senate floor where it belongs:
Sen. Brock Greenfield, R-Clark, forced the debate through his use of a procedural maneuver, known as a smoke-out, on Monday
The committee then voted 5-2 to recommend that the bill, House Bill 1195, do-not pass.
Greenfield needs at least 18 ayes to get the bill onto the Senate debate calendar as the next step. If that succeeds, the bill would be alive again and could be passed by a majority of 18 senators.
Besides declaring the SDHSAA policy void, the legislation would set a law regarding transgender athletes. The bill states:
“For purposes of participation in athletics sanctioned by the association, the sole determinant of a student’s sexual identity is the sexual identity noted on the student’s certificate of birth.
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