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Updated: 11:31 AM EDT Jun 1, 2021 Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that bans transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student-athletes born as girls.The bill was signed at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville on Tuesday. (Florida sports) provides our young girls with opportunities that last a lifetime, DeSantis said. We believe the integrity of those competitions are preserved. That these opportunities are protected. Under the proposal sent to the governor, a transgender student-athlete would have to affirm her biological sex by supplying proof such as a birth certificate. Girls are going to play girls sports, boys are going to play boys sports, DeSantis said.DeSantis said students who feel they have been deprived by an athletic opportunity as a result of a violation against the law will have a right to civil remedies. Rep. Anna Eskamani’s responded: Governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law the state’s first anti-LGB
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation barring transgender athletes who identify as female from competing in girls' and women's sports, joining seven other states in what he described as an effort to protect female sports.
DeSantis signs bill banning transgender girls, women from playing on female school sports teams
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 1028 into law Tuesday, which bans transgender girls and women from playing on female school sports teams.
The governor signed the bill, which includes the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, during a news conference at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville.
Under the new law, a transgender student athlete would have to affirm her biological sex by supplying proof such as a birth certificate.
The measure stripped some of the most contentious elements from a proposal approved by the House earlier this year, including a provision that would have required transgender athletes in high schools and colleges to undergo testosterone or genetic testing, as well as submit to having their genitalia examined.