The proposed laws, H.B. 1387, is sweeping in scope. It seeks to have an effect on sports activities in any respect ranges of competitors — together with “interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic” groups in each the Ok-12 and faculty realms. It makes an attempt to affect personal faculties, too, prohibiting public faculties from competing towards personal college groups until the personal faculties comply with adjust to the invoice and prohibit college students to sports activities groups that match their intercourse as assigned at beginning.

Greenhalgh didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Tuesday night time.

The Virginia invoice comes throughout a tsunami of training legal guidelines focused to transgender college students. In the previous three tutorial years, legislators have handed 64 payments that alter how college students be taught and the rights they’ve at college, in accordance with an analysis by The Washington Post — and of these legal guidelines, 42 p.c bar transgender college students from enjoying on sports activities groups that match their gender identities.

The invoice additionally follows shut on the heels of a current transfer by the administration of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to severely prohibit the rights of transgender college students. The Youngkin administration in September proposed pointers that will restrict the rights of transgender college students in faculties, together with requiring them to make use of the college amenities and sports activities groups that match their intercourse assigned at beginning. Those insurance policies may take impact this month.

Asked concerning the invoice Tuesday night time, a spokeswoman for Youngkin stated that “the governor will review the legislation when it comes to his desk.” She didn’t reply questions on whether or not this was a invoice sought by the administration.