At first, a proposed bill that would’ve banned transgenders from playing on sports teams other than their biological gender in Ohio didn’t succeed.
Republican state Rep. Jena Powell is trying to get the measure enacted into law a second time.
Powell’s Save Women’s Sports Act was approved by the Ohio House by a vote of 56-28 on June 1 as part of House Bill 151. The legislation would prohibit biological males from competing in female-only sports within the state including in colleges and universities.
The topic remains a hot-button issue throughout the United States. In May, Indiana’s legislature garnered enough votes to override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s (R) veto on its transgender sports ban bill. In April, Kansas legislators failed to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s (D) veto of that state’s proposed transgender sports bill….