Louisiana Senate passes restrictions on transgender athletes that a House committee reject

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Louisiana Senate approved Wednesday evening legislation nearly identical to a bill restricting transgender youth from participating in public school athletics that House committee rejected on Tuesday.

State Sen. Beth Mizell, a Franklinton Republican, said she was concerned only with women’s rights. Her Senate Bill 156 forbids athletes who started life as male but now are female from participating in women’s sports.

She reminded her 39 colleagues of other measures “we have done together to protect the fact that men and women are different.”

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Voting to forbid anyone not female at birth from participating in organized girls’ sports (29): President Cortez, Sens. Abraham, Allain, Barrow, Bernard, Cathey, Cloud, Connick, Foil, Henry, Hensgens, Hewitt, Jackson, Lambert, McMath, Milligan, F. Mills, R. Mills, Mizell, Morris, Peacock, Pope, Reese, Smith, Talbot, Tarver, Ward, White and Womack.

Voting against SB156 (6): Sens Boudreaux, Carter, Fields, Harris, Luneau and Price.

Not Voting (4): Reps Bouie, Fesi, Johns and Peterson.

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