{"AmendmentNumber":"348","ParentBillNumber":"H4000","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JRG2","Name":"John R. Gaskey","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JRG2","ResponseDate":"2025-04-16T21:12:42.603"},"Category":"Education and Local Aid","Action":"Precluded","RollCall":[],"Title":"Equitable Choices in Sports","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Gaskey of Carver moves to amend Chapter 71of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, by inserting the following section:\r\n\r\nSection 1E.\r\n\r\nNo public school shall allow a male student athlete to participate on a girls’ sports team unless, based on a preponderance of the evidence, it can show that:\r\n1) there is no equivalent boys’ team for that sport;\r\n2) allowing the male athlete to participate on the team would not displace any girl from the team’s roster;\r\n3) the male athlete would not pose an increased risk of harm to opponents beyond that which would be posed by an average female athlete in that sport; and\r\n4) the male athlete would not provide the team with a significant competitive advantage.\r\n\r\nA civil action may be brought in the Superior Court under this section to determine whether a school has properly granted or denied approval to a male student athlete to participate on a girls’ team. The Superior Court shall have available all remedies at law or in equity. A party who brings an action to enforce this section and prevails shall be entitled to his or her costs and attorney’s fees.\r\n"}