Transgender athlete bans and restrictions gain momentum in Texas and Montana.
The Texas Senate has passed a bill expanding the state's transgender student-athlete ban, requiring athletes to play on college sports teams that correspond to their sex assigned at birth. The bill now heads to the Texas House of Representatives for consideration. The legislation is an expansion of a law passed during the 2021 legislative session, which only applied to students in Texas public school sports. Governor Greg Abbott has expressed support for bills that would block transgender students from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity at the collegiate level.