Arizona Require Schools Grant Access to Athletic Private Spaces Based on Sex Measure (2026)
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The Arizona Require Schools Grant Access to Athletic Private Spaces Based on Sex Measure may be on the ballot in Arizona as a legislatively referred state statute on November 3, 2026.
The measure would prohibit schools and athletic associations from authorizing a student, athlete, employee, or other individual from using a restroom, locker room, shower room, or other private space that is not designated for their sex.[1] The measure would define sex as the "biological status as male or female as recorded at birth on the individual's original birth certificate."[1]
Additionally, the measure would remove a provision in state law that prohibits schools from opening sports teams that are designated for boys or males to any athlete.[1] In 2022, the state legislature passed a law that prohibits schools from opening sports teams that are designated for girls or females to any students of the male sex.[2][3]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure can be read here.
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Arizona State Legislature to place a state statute on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Arizona House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Arizona State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Statutes do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
House Concurrent Resolution 2003 (2026)
The following is a timeline of the statute in the state legislature:[4]
- January 12, 2026: State Rep. Selina Bliss (R-1) introduced the measure to the state House as House Concurrent Resolution 2003 (HCR 2003).
- January 20, 2026: The Arizona House Education Committee reported the measure with a 'Do Pass' recommendation.
External links
See also
View other measures certified for the 2026 ballot across the U.S. and in Arizona.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arizona Legislature Website, "Text of HCR 2003," accessed January 22, 2026
- ↑ Arizona Mirror, "Arizona Republicans push bathroom, locker room bans for trans students amid Supreme Court case," accessed January 22, 2026
- ↑ Arizona State Legislature, "15-120.02. Interscholastic and intramural athletics; designation of teams; biological sex; cause of action; definition," accessed January 22, 2026
- ↑ Arizona Legislature Website, "Bill History for HCR2003," accessed January 22, 2026
