Legislator proposes Protest Girls’ Sports in Arizona Act

(The Center Square) – An Arizona legislator wants voters to decide whether school sports are designated male, female or co-ed.

The Protect Girls’ Sports in Arizona Act (HCR2003) is from state Rep. Selina Bliss, R-Prescott. Bliss said it reinstates and strengthens the Save Women’s Sports Act of 2022 (Senate Bill 1165), which bans transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports. Implementation of SB1165 has been delayed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

“What my ballot referral will do to complement that is to expand the provisions of SB1165 by including all schools and sports associations, so there’s the difference,” Bliss told The Center Square. “It gets it out of the legal court tie up, which is supposed to be determined next year, but it...