Bill Protects Female Athletes and Promotes Fairness in Women's Sports

In a  letter to bill sponsor, Rep. Kaylee Tuck (R-Sebring), the FCCB outlined its support for HB 1475. This important bill protects the rights of female athletes and promotes equality in women's sports by recognizing key biological differences between men and women and requiring separate sex-specific athletic teams or sports. Laws and policies that affirm gender identities not aligned with biological sex overlook the potential for serious, and often irreversible, physical harm to gender dysphoric individuals. HB 1475 passed the House Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee (13-4) on March 17. Its companion in the Senate, SB 2012 by Sen. Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland), is on the agenda for its first committee of reference, Senate Education, on March 23.