Transgender Student Athletes: HB 500 Fact Sheet

Legislation: HB 500 (2020): Barring Transgender Girls in Sports. Bill sponsored by Representative Barbara Ehardt (Idaho Falls)

Law: Signed into law March 2020 (effective: July 2020)

Legal challenge: Hecox v. Little, filed April 2020. Filed by ACLU, ACLU of Idaho, Legal Voice, and Cooley LLP. Complaint

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