Bar transgender athletes from girls sports.

Derek Schmidt · Kansas · Republican

policy impact 0.68 specificity 0.96 extraction confidence 99%

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Evidence

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.

Campaign-era statement showing Schmidt promised to pursue a state ban on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports if elected governor.

partial later_term A for effort

Schmidt weighs in on transgender athletes, reproductive rights in KS Governor's race
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%

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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.

Kansas later enacted the same policy Schmidt had campaigned on, but this happened after his 2022 gubernatorial campaign and without him in office.

partial later_term

HB 2238 | Bills and Resolutions | Kansas State Legislature
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 82%

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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.'

Schmidt-backed policy language was advanced in Congress, but the bill did not become law and remained pending in the Senate.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.28 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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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.'

Schmidt voted for the House passage of the federal bill that would ban male participation in girls' and women's sports programs.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Assessments

never later_term A for effort

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

never later_term A for effort

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%