Ohio Senate combined two major pieces of legislation Wednesday: An overhaul of education in the state and a ban on transgender girls in K-12 sports.
At 10 p.m. on the last day Ohio lawmakers plan to work this year, Senate Republicans combined two major pieces of legislation: Overhaul theand ban transgender girls from playing on female sports teams in middle and high school.
Ember Zelch, 17, would still get to catch for her softball team next spring, but other transgender girls wouldn't have the same opportunity. But HB 151 would change those rules by creating a blanket prohibition on transgender girls joining female sports teams in high school. The provision that applied to colleges and universities was removed.
"There are two things I really get from playing softball and the biggest one is a community; a place to get to know people and really just relax after school," she said."I don't think about life for a little bit." "This is the kind of bill that changes and will change for decades to come basic education policy in Ohio...," Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, said earlier this month."I think the time has come."The legislation was originally a stand-alone bill known as Senate Bill 178, but it ran into trouble in the House. With time running out, Senate Republicans decided to put it into HB 151.
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