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It's a tweaked version of a ban that failed to pass in the last General Assembly.
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The Ohio Senate added several lengthy amendments to a bill which it then passed late Wednesday night.
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The Ohio bill still bans transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports and now says a student athlete would need to provide a birth certificate if their sex is disputed.
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Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) calls the House bill language that requires internal and external exams “unnecessary” and plans for that measure to be omitted in the Senate version.
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Language in bill would require exam of student athletes’ “internal and external reproductive anatomy” if their sex is questioned.
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Bill sponsors say it is needed to protect the integrity of womens' athletics
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A second showdown over the issue in a year took place at the Statehouse at the end of a marathon session, with Republicans attaching this provision to a popular bill on teacher mentorship.
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The bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports at the high school and college level, which is widely opposed by…