Fairness and Safety in Sport Act
| Fairness and Safety in Sport Act | |
|---|---|
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| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| Citation | S.A. 2024, c F-2.5 |
| Assented to | December 5, 2024 |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced by | Joseph Schow MLA, Minister of Tourism and Sport |
| First reading | October 31, 2024 |
| Second reading | November 26, 2024 |
| Committee of the Whole | November 26, 2024 |
| Third reading | December 3, 2024 |
| Status: Current legislation | |
The Fairness and Safety in Sport Act is an act of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta relating to restricting transgender women from participating in women's sport.
Provisions
Individuals who were not assigned female at birth are prohibited from participating in any girls' sports teams, which belong to school, collegiate or provincial amateur competitions.[1] It does this by requiring school boards, post-secondary institutions, independent academic institutions to adopt eligibility criteria that allow "women and girls" to participate in "biological female-only divisions".[2] These organisations are also required to support the establishment of co-educational divisions, where transgender athletes would be allowed to participate.[3]
The legislation pre-emptively prevents transgender individuals from taking legal action against the government, institutions or individuals responsibility for implementing policies under the legislation.[2]
The legislation does not apply in First Nations educational institutions, but two-spirit Indigenous children in provincially run schools would be subject to them.[4]
Other developments
The act was passed alongside the Education Amendment Act, 2024 and the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (No. 2).[5]
See also
- Fairness in Women's Sports Act, similar laws in the United States
References
- ^ Stevenson, Verity (June 17, 2025). "Girls' softball was an inclusive sport in Alberta. For this teen, a new law could end that". CBC News. Archived from the original on July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
- ^ a b Pang, Celeste; Dolcecore, Gio; Clark, Marty (December 2, 2024). "Alberta's proposed Fairness and Safety in Sport Act is anything but fair". The Conversation. Archived from the original on April 20, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ Heintz, Lauryn (October 31, 2024). "Alberta introduces bills impacting sex ed, pronouns, gender affirming care for trans youth". CityNews Calgary. Archived from the original on November 5, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ "Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school". CP24. October 31, 2024. Archived from the original on November 6, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ Jeffrey, Andrew (December 4, 2024). "Alberta legislation on transgender youth, student pronouns and sex education set to become law". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 27, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.