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The Montana House advanced the “Save Women’s Sports Act” out of committee 11-8 on a near party-line vote Jan. 21. Montana house bill 112 is nearly an exact copy of Idaho house bill 500, the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” passed into law last year but currently stalled on a temporary injunction issued in August ahead of a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The bills require transgender athletes to compete on teams which align with their sex at birth.
Montana’s bill has important omissions compared to Idaho’s, according to legislation sponsor, Montana Rep. John Fuller (R-Whitefish).
HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte announced his nomination Tuesday of Adam Meier to lead the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.