Alaska House majority set on hearing doomed bill to limit transgender athletes in final days of legislative sessionHouse members discuss House Bill 183, which would ban transgender girls from joining girls school sports teams, on Thursday, May 9, 2024 in the state Capitol in Juneau.
Some House Democrats say they’ve been preparing for months for the bill to come up for a floor vote. In an effort to stall the vote on its passage, they have prepared dozens of amendments that could force another hours-long debate on the measure.— whose members were appointed by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy — transgender girls are already banned from competing alongside cisgender girls in high school sports. The bill in question, sponsored by Eagle River Republican Rep.
Several critical pieces of legislation remain unresolved, and lawmakers acknowledged that with a dwindling number of hours remaining before the May 15 deadline for the end of the session, every hour spent discussing the membership of women’s and girls’ sports teams is an hour taken away from debates on other legislation, including bills pertaining to the Cook Inlet gas shortage or related to the state’s education system.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Rep. Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent who caucuses with the majority, made a motion to table the bill until Sunday. After a nearly two-hour caucus meeting, lawmakers returned to the floor around 9:30 p.m. and agreed to table the bill until Saturday.
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