North Dakota lawmakers send transgender athlete ban to governor to sign into law
Bill restricts K-12 students to competing based on their assigned sex at birth, and calls for studying the impact of a trans athlete ban
North Dakota State Capitol. Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM/flickr.
North Dakota lawmakers have passed a bill barring transgender athletes from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity.
The bill passed the House, 69-25, and the Senate, 27-20, after lawmakers negotiated some of its provisions in conference committee. Lawmakers have now sent it to Gov. Doug Burgum (R) for his signature.
Originally, the House bill had been much more expansive, extending a prohibition on transgender athletes competing based on their gender identity to include
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The Michigan Attorney General’s office is investigating whether Leighton Security Services directly provided security services for Precision Pipeline during construction of Energy Transfer’s Rover Pipeline in Michigan in 2017. Credit: John Machowicz
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Anticipating significant impacts associated with sea level rise by 2040, Satellite Beach is moving its public works building to higher ground. Photo by Amy Green
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SATELLITE BEACH, Florida Brick by brick, the stucco shell of a new, flood-resilient public works building is taking shape blocks from the beach, the most visible sign yet of this small community’s enormous task of staving off the rising sea.