A bill that bans transgender girls from playing on a girls team or sport received initial approval after the Senate voted against three amendments to the bill.
Sen. J.D. Ford, D-Indianapolis, proposed three amendments to the bill, two of which he proposed in committee. Ford said the bill has been through hours of testimony while in committee, with the majority of people opposing the bill.
“Once again, that would put us in the national news and, obviously, that would waste our taxpayer dollars,” Ford said. In committee, Ford said the senators were told the IHSAA already has a policy for transgender athletes. Only one occurrence of a transgender girl playing on a girls team or sport has been reported in Indiana and the situation was handled locally, he said.“What this bill says is that we know more than the IHSAA, and this amendment says to let these professionals have the space and grace to set this policy,” Ford said.
The amendment to move the bill to a summer study committee would allow the legislature to “take a pause” and review the issue, Taylor said.
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