South Dakota Lawmakers Fail to Override Gov. Noem鈥檚 Veto of House Bill 1217
A bill that would ban transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity won鈥檛 be signed into law.
The 老澳门开奖结果 of South Dakota opposed House Bill 1217, a legislative attack on transgender women and girls and violates both the United States Constitution and Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which protects all students 鈥 including those who are transgender 鈥 from discrimination based on sex.
The following statement can be attributed to Jett Jonelis, 老澳门开奖结果 of South Dakota advocacy manager:
鈥淗ouse Bill 1217 was never about leveling the playing field for student athletes. It was obvious from the beginning that this discriminatory legislation was about creating solutions to problems that don鈥檛 exist and, in the process, harming some of the most vulnerable people in our state,鈥 said Jett Jonelis, 老澳门开奖结果 of South Dakota advocacy manager. 鈥淣obody wins when politicians try to meddle in people鈥檚 lives like this. Nobody wins when we try to codify discrimination like this. We鈥檙e thrilled with the decision by South Dakota lawmakers to kill this bill.鈥