Athletic teams and private spaces at schools
Official title: Student Athletics
A Yes vote
Extend sex-based athletic team rules to all schools and athletic associations, restrict access to designated private spaces, and allow athletes to sue for knowing violations.
A No vote
Keep the current student athletics laws, which already cover public schools and schools competing against them.
Details that matter
The proposal defines sex using biological status recorded on the original birth certificate. It bars athletes classified as male from female teams and bars schools and associations from authorizing use of private spaces, such as restrooms, designated for the other sex.
Read the official ballot wording
Arizona Secretary of State · Ballot language published August 19, 2026 · Page 6
Yes
A “yes” vote shall have the effect of: (1) requiring private schools, public schools, and athletic associations to designate every athletic team as male, female, or coed/mixed based on sex and to prevent males from joining female teams; existing law imposes this requirement only on public schools and those competing against them; (2) prohibiting schools and athletic associations from authorizing anyone to use private spaces (such as restrooms) not designated for that individual’s sex; (3) defining “sex” as an individual’s biological status as male or female as recorded at birth on an original birth certificate; and (4) authorizing athletes to sue schools and athletic associations that knowingly violate this law.
No
A “no” vote shall have the effect of maintaining the current laws relating to student athletics.