Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 463 First Substitute (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Birkeland, K.

Final action

House/ filed 3/3/2023

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• prohibits a public school from participation in an athletics association that does not collect and review an athlete's birth certificate during the registration process.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Kera Birkeland
Senate Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill prohibits a public school from participation in an athletics association in
certain circumstances.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ prohibits a public school from participation in an athletics association that does not
collect and review an athlete's birth certificate during the registration process.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53G-7-1102
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53G-7-1102
 is amended to read:
53G-7-1102.
Public schools prohibited from membership.
(1) A public school may not be a member of or pay dues to an association that
:
(a)
 is not in compliance on or after July 1, 2017, with:
[
(a)
] 
(i)
 this part;
[
(b)
] 
(ii)
 Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;
[
(c)
] 
(iii)
 Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; and
[
(d)
] 
(iv)
 Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act[
.
]
; or
(b) does not collect and review each athlete's birth certificate to determine eligibility as
a condition of the association's registration process for an athletic team, event, or category.
(2) Unless otherwise specified, an association's compliance with or an association
employee or officer's compliance with the provisions described in Subsection (1) does not alter:
(a) the association's public or private status; or
(b) the public or private employment status of the employee or officer.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on July 1, 2023.