Utah Gov. Spencer Cox warned school districts will be liable for any lawsuits to come from this ban.
As anti-trans legislation sweeps across the U.S., the fight for inclusion enters the world of youth sports.Tuesday. However, if the state legislature chooses to override his veto in a Friday vote from at least two-thirds of members, the bill could still be passed into law.
He wrote that he chose to veto it"because the bill was substantially changed in the final hours of the legislative session with no public input and in a way that will likely bankrupt the Utah High School Athletic Association and result in millions of dollars in legal fees for local school districts.""Doing nothing is taking a step backward for women.
However, on the last day of the legislative session, a substitute of the bill was introduced to implement an all-out ban on transgender women's participation in sports, and the commission would only come into play if a court prohibited the ban.
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