LINCOLN — Transgender student-athletes in Nebraska K-12 schools would have a narrow path to participation in a new legislative proposal unveiled Wednesday seeking to codify existing guidelines.

Legislative Bill 605, from State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln, would require all of Nebraska’s 245 public school districts to adopt policies regarding the eligibility of transgender students to participate in extracurricular activities, including sports. Time is being taken up, Raybould said, focusing on an effort from State Sen. Kathleen Kauth of Omaha to define “male” and “female” in state law and restrict sports teams and bathrooms to a student’s sex at birth.

Kauth’s LB 89, the Stand With Women Act, would also apply to collegiate athletics and other areas of state government, such as prisons, economic development and health care.

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