Indiana lawmakers are looking to expand an existing law that would restrict men from participating in women's sports at the collegiate level.
House Bill 1041 currently requires sports teams from kindergarten to grade 12 to be designated as male, female, or coed/mixed. Additionally, it "prohibits a male, based on the student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, from participating on an athletic team or sport designated as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport."
Republican state Reps. Michelle Davis, Chris Jeter, Joanna King, and Robert Heaton are seeking to expand the bill to college athletics in 2025, which would also require any out-of-state schools playing in Indiana to notify their opponents if they have transgender athletes on their teams.
