SB 826 SD 1

RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY IN SPORTS

By Senator(s) BUEN / CHUN OAKLAND / INOUYE / FUKUNAGA / CHUMBLEY

Keywords: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, DISCRIMINATION, EDUCATION, SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SPORTS

Report Title: Gender Equity in Sports

Description: Prohibits persons, on the basis of their sex, from being discriminated against in any interscholastic, club, or intramural athletics offered by a public high school. Prohibits public high schools from providing athletics separately on the basis of sex. (SD1)

 1-22-99        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-25-99        S Referred to 1. EDU 2. WAM                                
 2- 9-99        S Bill scheduled to be heard by EDU on 02-12-99 at
                  1:30 p.m. in conference room 212
 2-12-99        S The measure is deferred until 02-17-99 at 2:00 p.m.         
                  in conference room 212.
 2-17-99        S The measure is deferred until 02-19-99 at 12:00 noon        
                  in conference room 229.
 2-19-99        S The committee on EDU recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-19-99        S The votes in EDU were as follows: 6 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  D. Ige, Sakamoto, Chumbley, Matsunaga, Tam, Slom;
                  Ayes with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda
 2-19-99        S Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 362) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as
                  amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM
 2-19-99        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended
                  (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
 2-25-99        S Bill scheduled to be heard by WAM on 02-27-99 at
                  9:30 a.m. in conference room 211
 2-27-99        S The measure is deferred.                                 
 3- 1-99        S Notice of public decision making by WAM on 03-03-99         
                  at 6:00 p.m. in conference room 211.
 3- 3-99        S The measure is deferred until 03-04-99 at 6:00 p.m.         
                  in conference room 211.
 3- 4-99        S The measure is deferred until 03-05-99 at 9:00 a.m.         
                  in conference room 211.
 3- 5-99        S The committee on WAM recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3- 5-99        S The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Ayes:
                  Senator(s) Fukunaga, Levin, Buen, Chun, Chun
                  Oakland, D. Ige, M. Ige, Iwase, Kawamoto, Nakata,
                  Tam; Ayes with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:        
                  Senator(s) ; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi,
                  Anderson