Despite opposition from the state’s Democratic governor, Republicans are likely to override a veto
’s GOP-controlled
state House voted on Thursday to approve a bill banning the participation of transgender women and girls in sports outside of their biological sex. The ban covers athletics from middle school through the collegiate level. “athletic teams designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex.” The bill does not impose a similar ban on biological females’ participation in athletic teams designated for men or boys.
The bill, which passed in its final amended version, was approved by the Republican-controlled House in a 62-43 vote. The state’s Senate voted 31-17 to advance the bill earlier this week, which now heads to the desk of the state’s Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat. legislators were “spending their time on political culture wars” over valuable issues like teacher pay.
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