Signed by Governor Jim Pillen

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that defines "male" and "female" in state law targeted for K-12 or collegiate bathrooms, sports teams and locker rooms in Nebraska.

Highlights:

• Defines "male" and "female" in state law targeted for K-12 or collegiate bathrooms, sports teams, and locker rooms in Nebraska (Sec. 1-11).

• Defines “sex” in this bill as whether someone “naturally has, had, will or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes” either eggs (female, woman or girl) or sperm (male, man or boy) for fertilization (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that public schools and postsecondary institutions would be required to pass policies complying with the law if they don’t already have such language (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that bathrooms and locker rooms would need to be designated as “male” or “female” only, unless they are single occupancy, and that family use of bathrooms would be an additional option (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that public school sports would be restricted to students’ sex assigned at birth, for males or females only, unless coed or mixed (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that there would be an exception if there are no female equivalent teams (such as football), and private schools competing against public institutions would need to do the same (Sec. ).

• Specifies that a doctor would need to verify a student’s sex before they could participate in single-sex sports (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that state agencies would also need to generally enforce any applicable rules, regulations, or duties according to someone’s sex (Sec. 1-11).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that defines "male" and "female" in state law targeted for K-12 or collegiate bathrooms, sports teams and locker rooms in Nebraska.

Highlights:

• Defines "male" and "female" in state law targeted for K-12 or collegiate bathrooms, sports teams, and locker rooms in Nebraska (Sec. 1-11).

• Defines “sex” in this bill as whether someone “naturally has, had, will or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes” either eggs (female, woman or girl) or sperm (male, man or boy) for fertilization (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that public schools and postsecondary institutions would be required to pass policies complying with the law if they don’t already have such language (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that bathrooms and locker rooms would need to be designated as “male” or “female” only, unless they are single occupancy, and that family use of bathrooms would be an additional option (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that public school sports would be restricted to students’ sex assigned at birth, for males or females only, unless coed or mixed (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that there would be an exception if there are no female equivalent teams (such as football), and private schools competing against public institutions would need to do the same (Sec. ).

• Specifies that a doctor would need to verify a student’s sex before they could participate in single-sex sports (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that state agencies would also need to generally enforce any applicable rules, regulations, or duties according to someone’s sex (Sec. 1-11).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that defines "male" and "female" in state law targeted for K-12 or collegiate bathrooms, sports teams and locker rooms in Nebraska.

Highlights:

• Defines "male" and "female" in state law targeted for K-12 or collegiate bathrooms, sports teams, and locker rooms in Nebraska (Sec. 1-11).

• Defines “sex” in this bill as whether someone “naturally has, had, will or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes” either eggs (female, woman or girl) or sperm (male, man or boy) for fertilization (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that public schools and postsecondary institutions would be required to pass policies complying with the law if they don’t already have such language (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that bathrooms and locker rooms would need to be designated as “male” or “female” only, unless they are single occupancy, and that family use of bathrooms would be an additional option (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that public school sports would be restricted to students’ sex assigned at birth, for males or females only, unless coed or mixed (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that there would be an exception if there are no female equivalent teams (such as football), and private schools competing against public institutions would need to do the same (Sec. ).

• Specifies that a doctor would need to verify a student’s sex before they could participate in single-sex sports (Sec. 1-11).

• Specifies that state agencies would also need to generally enforce any applicable rules, regulations, or duties according to someone’s sex (Sec. 1-11).

Full Bill Text