Indiana House Bill 1041
Indiana House bill
Indiana HB 1041 is a house bill which bars transgender girls from participating in women's sports teams in K-12 (12th grade) schools. The bill passed the state House on January 27, 2022, and Senate on March 1, 2022. Governor Eric Holcomb vetoed the bill on March 21, 2022, and the veto was overridden on May 24, 2022.
The bill was authored by Indiana House Representative Michelle Davis with co-authors Chris Jeter, Joanna King, and Robert Heaton. It passed the state House on January 27, 2022, with a 66–30 vote and subsequently passed the state Senate on March 1, 2022, with a 32–18 vote. On March 21, 2022, the bill was vetoed by Governor Eric Holcomb citing a lack of evidence that women's sports are currently unfair. The governor praised the work of the Indiana High School Athletics Association in his veto to keep sports impartial and contrasted it with the new bill. He also wrote that the bill would increase frustration among students, parents, and administrators as well as increase litigation among schools. The veto was overturned on May 24, 2022, with a 67–28 vote causing the bill to be passed into law. The law went into effect on July 1, 2022.
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