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South Dakota House Speaker Recommending Rejection of Noem’s Proposed Transgender Bill Changes

South Dakota House Speaker Recommending Rejection of Noem’s Proposed Transgender Bill Changes
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gives a State of the State address in Pierre, S.D., on Jan. 8, 2019. James Nord/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
3/29/2021|Updated: 3/29/2021

The speaker of South Dakota’s House of Representatives says he'll recommend on Monday that the chamber reject proposed changes to a bill aimed at keeping biological males from participating in female sports.

“After consulting many legal scholars across the state of South Dakota, it is unanimous that the governor’s proposal is outside of her constitutional authority as the recommended changes are clearly substantive. I will be recommending that the House of Representatives rejects Governor Noem’s proposal as unconstitutional. We will then send HB 1217 back to her desk, giving her one more opportunity to do what’s right for women’s sports in South Dakota by signing it,” Speaker Spencer Gosch, a Republican, said in a statement to news outlets.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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