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Kansas Bill 180 Senate
Kansas Bill 180 Senate
1 female;
2 (3) the terms "woman" and "girl" refer to human females, and the
3 terms "man" and "boy" refer to human males;
4 (4) the term "mother" means a parent of the female sex, and the term
5 "father" means a parent of the male sex;
6 (5) with respect to biological sex, the term "equal" does not mean
7 "same" or "identical"; and
8 (6) with respect to biological sex, separate accommodations are not
9 inherently unequal.
10 (b) Laws and rules and regulations that distinguish between the sexes
11 are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny. Intermediate
12 constitutional scrutiny forbids unfair discrimination against similarly
13 situated male and female individuals but allows the law to distinguish
14 between the sexes where such distinctions are substantially related to
15 important governmental objectives. Notwithstanding any provision of state
16 law to the contrary, distinctions between the sexes with respect to athletics,
17 prisons or other detention facilities, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis
18 centers, locker rooms, restrooms and other areas where biology, safety or
19 privacy are implicated that result in separate accommodations are
20 substantially related to the important governmental objectives of
21 protecting the health, safety and privacy of individuals in such
22 circumstances.
23 (c) Any school district, or public school thereof, and any state agency,
24 department or office or political subdivision that collects vital statistics for
25 the purpose of complying with anti-discrimination laws or for the purpose
26 of gathering accurate public health, crime, economic or other data shall
27 identify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male
28 or female at birth.
29 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
30 publication in the statute book.