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3 By Representatives DuBose, Mooney, Stubbs, Underwood, Collins,
4 Givens, Ross, Fidler, Rigsby, Allbright, Myrex, Hulsey, Shaw,
5 Shaver
6 RFD: Rules
7 First Read: 13-Jan-26
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 I3YL9ZZ-1 01/08/2026 AR (L)AR 2026-106
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4 HR____ URGING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AND
5 CONGRESS TO SAFEGUARD FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.
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7WHEREAS, despite federal protection, many girls and
8 women are routinely denied athletic opportunities or treated
9 as inferior to their male counterparts; and
10WHEREAS, for more than 50 years, Title IX of the
11 Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) has
12 guaranteed that no person shall be excluded from
13 participation in or denied the benefits of any federally
14 funded education program on the basis of sex; and
15WHEREAS, Title IX's protections have historically
16 recognized the biological differences between males and
17 females, including sex-specific athletic teams in
18 educational institutions to ensure equal opportunities for
19 women and girls; and
20WHEREAS, having sex-specific teams advances efforts
21 to promote sex equality by providing opportunities for
22 female athletes to demonstrate their skill, strength, and
23 athletic abilities while also providing them with
24 opportunities to obtain recognition, accolades, college
25 scholarships, and the numerous other long-term benefits that
26 arise from success in athletic endeavors; and
27WHEREAS, science tells us that males generally have
28 bigger bodies, larger hearts and lungs, denser bones, and
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29 stronger muscles than females, giving them a competitive
30 advantage that cannot be undone with testosterone
31 suppression; these inherent and enduring biological
32 differences between males and females put males at a
33 competitive advantage in sports and jeopardize the safety
34 and privacy of female athletes when they have to compete
35 against males; and
36WHEREAS, allowing males to compete in women's sports
37 reverses 50 years of advancement for women; and
38WHEREAS, in 2022, Lia Thomas, a transgender woman,
39 won four events in the Ivy League's Women's Swimming
40 Championships and won a women's NCAA championship in the
41 500-yard freestyle, beating two former Olympic medalists;
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43WHEREAS, allowing males to compete in contact sports
44 creates significant risks of physical harm; maintaining
45 separate female sports teams based on sex promotes the
46 safety of female athletes by protecting them from
47 predictable and preventable injuries that could result from
48 forcing females to compete against male athletes; and
49WHEREAS, in North Carolina, a 17-year-old female
50 athlete suffered partial paralysis after competing against a
51 male volleyball player who spiked the ball so hard it caused
52 her severe head and neck injuries; and
53WHEREAS, allowing men into female-only spaces,
54 including locker rooms, changing areas, restrooms, and
55 overnight sleeping accommodations, jeopardizes the privacy
56 and safety those spaces are intended to protect; and
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57WHEREAS, in West Virginia, a seventh-grade girl was
58 forced to share a locker room and compete with a male
59 athlete; that athlete sexually harassed her in the locker
60 room and took her spot in a championship track and field
61 event; the distress robbed her of much of her passion for
62 sports; and
63WHEREAS, no person should have to compromise his or
64 her dignity or privacy to validate someone else's perception
65 of identity; and
66WHEREAS, the State of Alabama recognizes and respects
67 the physiological differences between the two sexes; and
68WHEREAS, the Alabama Legislature commits to
69 protecting fairness in women's sports and safeguarding
70 women's safety and privacy; in 2021, Alabama passed
71 legislation banning transgender girls from participating in
72 girls' sports in K-12 public schools, and in 2023, these
73 restrictions were extended to transgender students in public
74 colleges and universities, requiring participation based on
75 biological sex at birth; and
76WHEREAS, the Alabama Legislature calls on Congress to
77 reaffirm that Title IX guarantees every woman and girl equal
78 opportunities in athletics and that allowing males to
79 compete on women's teams or access women's private spaces
80 violates Title IX; now therefore,
81BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
82 LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That this body urges the Supreme
83 Court of the United States to uphold each state's authority
84 to ensure that women's sports are reserved for females only
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85 and encourages Congress to enact legislation protecting the
86 safety of women athletes and distinguishing sports teams
87 based on an individual's biological gender at birth.
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