New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HB233: PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT
Status: Failed, January 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to human rights; enacting the protection of women's sports act; providing definitions; requiring equal athletic opportunities for males and females; requiring separate athletic opportunities in certain circumstances; requiring designation of athletic teams, sports, athletic competitions and athletic events as for either sex separately or as coeducational; prohibiting male participation for, against or with athletic teams designated for females; allowing male athletes to participate as practice players on teams designated for females in certain circumstances…
From the introduced text, January 29, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS; ENACTING THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; REQUIRING EQUAL ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR MALES AND FEMALES; REQUIRING SEPARATE ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; REQUIRING DESIGNATION OF ATHLETIC TEAMS, SPORTS, ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS AS FOR EITHER SEX SEPARATELY OR AS COEDUCATIONAL; PROHIBITING MALE PARTICIPATION FOR, AGAINST OR WITH ATHLETIC TEAMS DESIGNATED FOR FEMALES; ALLOWING MALE ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE AS PRACTICE PLAYERS ON TEAMS DESIGNATED FOR FEMALES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING PRIVATE CAUSES OF ACTION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Protection of Women's Sports Act". .233154.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ SECTION 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Protection of Women's Sports Act: A. "athletic association" means a governing body for athletic competition or sport or an organization of athletic conferences; B. "athletic club" means a privately or publicly operated organization that operates sports teams, trains athletes for competition or allows athletes or athletic teams to use its facilities on a regular basis; C. "athletic event" means a competition, contest, game, jamboree, scrimmage, tournament, showcase, combine or tryout related to a sport or physical activity; D. "compete" means to participate in an athletic event or other event after which teams …