bar transgender athletes from girls sports
Bar transgender athletes from girls sports.
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Republican candidate Derek Schmidt seeks swift action on Fairness in Women's Sports Act if he takes office. The article says Schmidt told voters he would ask lawmakers to get the bill on his desk in his first 100 days in office.
HB 2238 is titled 'Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.' The bill history shows motions to override the governor's veto prevailed in both chambers on April 5, 2023.
The bill summary states that it 'generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls.' The page also shows the latest action as 'Senate - 01/15/2025 Received in the Senate.'
The House clerk's roll call page for H.R. 28 shows the vote question was 'On Passage,' the bill status was 'Passed,' and Rep. Schmidt of Kansas voted 'Yea.'
KMBC reported that gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt announced he would seek quick action on the Fairness in Women's Sports Act if elected governor, asking lawmakers to send it to him within his first 100 days. The report described the proposal as preventing transgender women athletes from competing in women's sports.
The Kansas Secretary of State official vote totals list the Governor/Lt. Governor race with Laura Kelly/David Toland receiving 499,849 votes, 49.54%, and Derek Schmidt/Katie Sawyer receiving 477,591 votes, 47.33%.
Kansas HB 2238 is described by the Legislature as creating the fairness in women's sports act to require female student athletic teams to include only biologically female members. The bill page shows the governor veto stage and a completed veto override.
Congress.gov summarizes H.R. 28 as prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs for women or girls. The bill status is Passed House, with latest action on January 15, 2025, received in the Senate, and no enacted-law status shown.
The House Clerk roll call for H.R. 28 states the vote question was on passage, the status was passed, and the vote list records Rep. Schmidt of Kansas as voting Yea.
Assessments
Schmidt promised during his 2022 Kansas gubernatorial campaign to seek a Fairness in Women's Sports Act if elected governor, but he lost that election and did not deliver the policy from the promised state executive office. Kansas later enacted a similar ban in April 2023 through legislative veto override, but that was completed by other officials with no clear delivering role by Schmidt, so it warrants partial rather than full delivery. In later federal office, Schmidt voted for House passage of H.R. 28, a matching federal sports-ban bill, which shows concrete effort, but the bill had not become law on the evidence provided.
Schmidt promised during his 2022 Kansas gubernatorial campaign to pursue a ban on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports, but he did not win that office and therefore did not deliver the promised state executive action. Kansas later enacted a similar state ban in 2023, but that was completed by other officials after his campaign and with little evidence of material Schmidt contribution, so it cannot count as full delivery. In federal office, Schmidt later voted for H.R. 28, which would impose a similar federal policy, and that is a serious legislative effort; however, the bill passed only the House and had not become law, so the promised outcome was not delivered.
Schmidt promised as 2022 Kansas gubernatorial candidate to pursue a girls' and women's sports ban if elected governor, but he did not win that office and therefore did not deliver the promised state-level outcome. Kansas enacted a similar policy in 2023 without him in office, which does not count as his fulfillment. He later made a serious legislative attempt in Congress by voting for H.R. 28 in 2025, but that federal bill had not become law based on the evidence, so the promised outcome remains undelivered while meriting an effort badge.