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Its state list is used only as a completeness check against the primary texts; its map still showed Idaho as court-blocked after the June 2026 ruling." } } ], "tables": [ { "id": "state-laws", "title": "State measures compared", "description": "Coded provisions of each state girls'-sports eligibility law or regulation and of IL26-638.", "artifactId": "state-laws-csv", "unitOfObservation": "One state measure", "fields": [ { "name": "abbrev", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter state code (WA marks the proposed measure).", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "state", "type": "string", "description": "State name.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "measure_type", "type": "string", "description": "law, regulation, or proposed initiative.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "citation", "type": "string", "description": "Statute, regulation or bill citation for the operative text.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "law-id", "law-ms", "law-tn", "law-ar", "law-mt", "law-al", "law-wv", "law-fl", "law-sd", "law-tx", "law-ok", "law-az", "law-ia", "law-ut", "law-in", "law-la", "law-sc", "law-ky", "law-wy", "law-ks", "law-nd", "law-ga", "law-mo", "law-nc", "law-nh", "law-oh", "law-ak", "law-ne", "law-wa" ] }, { "name": "year_enacted", "type": "integer", "description": "Year the first such measure took effect or was enacted (2026 for the proposal).", "units": "year", "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "grade_scope", "type": "string", "description": "Which schools or grades the K-12 rule reaches, as the text states it.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "grade_floor", "type": "integer", "description": "Lowest grade the text explicitly covers; empty when the text states no grade limit. Secondary-school-only laws are coded 6 (FL, WV, NC), high-school-only 9 (AK).", "units": "grade", "nullable": true, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the coverage text; empty means no floor is stated.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "covers_college", "type": "string", "description": "yes if the measure also covers college or university sports.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the coverage text, including later amendments.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "covers_private_schools", "type": "string", "description": "yes, limited (only state-funded schools), or no.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the coverage text.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "also_bars_girls_from_boys_teams", "type": "string", "description": "yes if the K-12 rule also restricts girls from boys' teams (in some cases only where a girls' team exists).", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the team-designation text.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "k12_verification", "type": "string", "description": "How the K-12 rule determines or proves sex: birth_certificate, no_method_stated, parent_affidavit_all_athletes, provider_document_all_athletes, provider_statement_on_dispute, provider_statement_every_girl.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the verification and definition text. Kentucky is coded birth_certificate because its provider affidavit is an alternative to the birth certificate.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "routine_proof_required", "type": "string", "description": "Who must submit proof of sex with no dispute: none, all_athletes, every_girl.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "all_athletes where the text requires each athlete (or the association) to supply a document: Oklahoma (annual parent affidavit), Utah (association collects birth certificates), Nebraska (doctor-signed document).", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "provider_role", "type": "string", "description": "Role of a health care provider: none, dispute_only, alternative, required_all_athletes, required_every_girl.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the verification text.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "medical_bases_listed", "type": "string", "description": "yes if the text lists the medical bases (anatomy, genetics, hormones) a provider must rely on.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Definitions of sex that mention anatomy or chromosomes without a verification procedure are coded no.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "birth_certificate_role", "type": "string", "description": "primary (birth certificate determines or presumptively determines sex), primary_or_provider_affidavit, not_mentioned, not_mentioned_k12_primary_college, or not_a_listed_basis (IL26-638: the provider may rely only on three other bases).", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the verification text.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "private_right_of_action", "type": "string", "description": "yes (students may sue for damages or full relief), limited (injunction-only, or college-only), or no.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the cause-of-action text.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "penalty_on_noncomplying_schools", "type": "string", "description": "yes if the text withholds state funds or bars teams from postseason play for noncompliance (TN, MO, GA).", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Coded from the enforcement text. Clauses protecting compliant schools from investigation are not penalties.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "status_oct_2026", "type": "string", "description": "Legal status as of October 23, 2026.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "scotus-bpj", "scotus-az-gvr" ] }, { "name": "primary_url", "type": "string", "description": "Official text the row was coded from.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] } ] }, { "id": "state-law-quotes", "title": "Verbatim provisions", "description": "The passages of official text each row was coded from.", "artifactId": "state-law-quotes-csv", "unitOfObservation": "One quoted passage", "fields": [ { "name": "abbrev", "type": "string", "description": "State code, matching state_laws.csv.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "topic", "type": "string", "description": "What the passage addresses (coverage, verification, cause_of_action, and so on).", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": "Label assigned by the coder.", "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "locator", "type": "string", "description": "Section or subsection of the text.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "quote", "type": "string", "description": "Verbatim text, at most 500 characters.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "url", "type": "string", "description": "Page the passage was copied from.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] } ] } ], "analyses": [ { "id": "strictness-vs-i638", "title": "How each state law compares with IL26-638, by dimension", "question": "On each dimension of scope, verification and enforcement, how many of the 28 enacted state measures go further than IL26-638, match it, or go less far?", "operation": "For each of eight coded dimensions, count enacted measures coded stricter than, the same as, or looser than the IL26-638 row.", "parameters": { "n": 28, "comparisonRow": "WA" }, "scope": "28 enacted state laws and regulations as of 2026-10-23", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "dimension": "Covers college sports", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 25 }, { "dimension": "Covers college sports", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 3 }, { "dimension": "Covers college sports", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Lets harmed students sue", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 24 }, { "dimension": "Lets harmed students sue", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 4 }, { "dimension": "Lets harmed students sue", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Penalizes noncomplying schools", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 3 }, { "dimension": "Penalizes noncomplying schools", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 25 }, { "dimension": "Penalizes noncomplying schools", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Also bars girls from boys' teams", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 6 }, { "dimension": "Also bars girls from boys' teams", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 22 }, { "dimension": "Also bars girls from boys' teams", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Applies at every grade (no grade floor)", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Applies at every grade (no grade floor)", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 20 }, { "dimension": "Applies at every grade (no grade floor)", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 8 }, { "dimension": "Every girl must submit proof of sex", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Every girl must submit proof of sex", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 3 }, { "dimension": "Every girl must submit proof of sex", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 25 }, { "dimension": "Every girl needs a provider's sign-off", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Every girl needs a provider's sign-off", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 1 }, { "dimension": "Every girl needs a provider's sign-off", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 27 }, { "dimension": "Routine check limited to anatomy, genes or testosterone", "comparison": "Stricter than I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Routine check limited to anatomy, genes or testosterone", "comparison": "Same as I-638", "states": 0 }, { "dimension": "Routine check limited to anatomy, genes or testosterone", "comparison": "Looser than I-638", "states": 28 } ], "displayResult": "Stricter than I-638: 25 cover college, 24 let harmed students sue, 6 also bar girls from boys' teams, 3 penalize noncomplying schools. Looser: 25 require no routine proof of sex from every girl, 27 require no provider sign-off for every girl, none routinely limits verification to anatomy, genes or testosterone, and 8 set a grade floor.", "methodologicalNotes": [ "'Stricter' means the state measure reaches more students or schools, demands more, or enforces harder than IL26-638 on that dimension; it is not a judgment of merit.", "Lets harmed students sue counts full and limited causes of action (South Dakota, Texas, Missouri and Wyoming are limited to injunctions or to colleges).", "Every girl must submit proof: Oklahoma, Utah and Nebraska require a document for every athlete and are coded the same as IL26-638.", "Provider sign-off: only Nebraska requires a doctor-signed document from every athlete (boys and girls); it names no medical basis.", "Idaho uses IL26-638's three bases only when a student's sex is disputed, so it is coded looser on the routine-check dimension." ], "limitations": [ "Dimensions are not weighted; which matter most is a judgment readers can make from the table.", "Statute text only; association rules and enforcement practice are not measured." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "verification-methods", "title": "How state K-12 laws determine sex", "question": "What verification method does each enacted state measure use for K-12 girls' sports?", "operation": "Count enacted measures by coded k12_verification.", "parameters": { "n": 28 }, "scope": "28 enacted state laws and regulations as of 2026-10-23", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "method": "No method stated in the text", "states": 14 }, { "method": "Birth certificate", "states": 11 }, { "method": "Parent affidavit for every athlete", "states": 1 }, { "method": "Doctor-signed document for every athlete", "states": 1 }, { "method": "Provider statement only if disputed", "states": 1 }, { "method": "Provider statement for every girl (IL26-638)", "states": 0 } ], "displayResult": "14 state laws state no method, 11 rely on the birth certificate (Kentucky also accepts a provider affidavit), 1 requires an annual parent affidavit (Oklahoma), 1 a doctor-signed document for every athlete (Nebraska), and 1 a provider statement only in disputes (Idaho). None requires the IL26-638 method for every girl.", "methodologicalNotes": [ "Kentucky is counted under birth certificate; its provider affidavit is an alternative.", "Wyoming's K-12 law states no method; its 2025 college law uses the birth certificate." ], "limitations": [ "Methods stated in implementing rules are not counted." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" } ] }