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Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and Locker Rooms - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness in Girls' Sports Act)

Sponsor: Kathy Szeliga (District 7A)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools and certain locker rooms to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports or locker rooms for students of the female sex; etc.

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Testimony (86)

MGA witness list
FAV 42FavorableUNF 44Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSteinmiller-Perdomo, EricaAlliance Defending FreedomWritten (PDF)
FAVPetty, MacyConcerned Women for AmericaWritten (PDF)
FAVEdwards, EvieIndependent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS)Written (PDF)
FAVVander Wall, KristineMaryland Family InstituteWritten (PDF)
FAVSzeliga, KathyMaryland House of DelegatesWritten (PDF)
FAVGreenhawk, JanetMoms For Liberty TalbotWritten (PDF)
FAVMULLICAN, BrigittaPrivateWritten (PDF)
FAVWieland, TomRitchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.Written (PDF)
FAVBurton Nelson, MariahWomen's Sports Policy Working GroupWritten (PDF)
FAVBallard, ShannonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCARRICK, SHARONIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVChase, JessicaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVChristian, MelissaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVClahane, KristenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCombs, DonnaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCorbin, JeffIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Szeliga, Delegate SzeligalegislatorIndividualOral
FAVEckenrod, CraigIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFerrell, ValerieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGeelhaar, GlenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHart, KitIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKIJESKY, CRYSTALIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLanocha, CristinaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMcNabb, PaytonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMcShane, JolieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVNelson, RobertIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPfeifer, JacquelineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVReid, CarrieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSadowski, DianaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSchlaile, GottfriedIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSchurman, CharlotteIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVShih, NancyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSullivan, ElizabethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVTaylor, SallieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVThomas, PaulaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVThomas, TimothyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVTier OKeefe, NatalieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVTrimbath, JillIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWenstrup, MichelleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVYatsuk, DebbieIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFAnderson, VictoriaAmerican AtheistsWritten (PDF)
UNFWilson, GraceAnne Arundel County Public SchoolsWritten (PDF)
UNFKerr, SamanthaBaltimore Harm Reduction CoalitionWritten (PDF)
UNFSearcy, TalishaCity of Takoma ParkWritten (PDF)
UNFEllicott, AbbieCoalition for LGBTQ+ StudentsWritten (PDF)
UNFFarris, JadenGlisten(formerly GLSEN) MarylandWritten (PDF)
UNFMurphy, JDMD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)Written (PDF)
UNFGoff, JessicalobbyistMaryland Association of Boards of EducationWritten (PDF)
UNFDove, S. SpencerMaryland Commission on Civil RightsWritten (PDF)
UNFBrowning, JeremyMaryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ AffairsWritten (PDF)
UNFFair, KrisMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
UNFLamb, LaurenlobbyistMaryland State Education AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFProctor, KaressaNASW MarylandWritten (PDF)
UNFDittmeier, BrianNational Women's Law Center Action FundWritten (PDF)
UNFClark, TiffanyOffice of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
UNFJasen, JohnOne PasadenaWritten (PDF)
UNFAnderson, ZaniahPublic School Superintendents' Association of MarylandWritten (PDF)
UNFFunk, KenzieStrong Schools MarylandWritten (PDF)
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Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFGoff, JessicaMaryland Association of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
UNFLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association
UNFElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition
UNFKlingenmaier, LisaRegistered for: Maryland Family Network; Maryland RISE