Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to high school athletic contests and competitions
Sponsored by Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R), Rep. Bill Gustoff (R), Rep. Henry Stone (R)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Public schools are currently not allowed to join athletic organizations that do not follow specific rules. This change updates the rules for those organizations by requiring that they allow their member schools to compete against schools that are not members.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to high school athletic contests or competitions. Current law prohibits public schools from participating in or allowing students representing the public school from participating in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition which is sponsored or administered by an organization unless the organization complies with certain specified requirements. Current law defines “organization” as a corporation, association, or organization which has as one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions. The bill modifies the definition of “organization” for purposes of these provisions to require that the organization not prohibit member schools from participating in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests and competitions with nonmember schools.
House subcommittee
Named February 17, 2025. On February 19, 2025 it recommended passage.
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