LINCOLN- A Nebraska legislative committee has delayed, for now, a final vote on whether to advance a proposal to define “male” and “female” in state law and restrict student-athlete participation by sex at birth. The Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee elected to not yet vote on advancing Legislative Bill 89, the “Stand With Women Act” from State Sen. Kathleen Kauth of Omaha, over questions from some committee members about whether a proposed amendment would require all students to get a notarized doctor’s note of that student’s sex to participate in single-sex sports.

State Sen. Rita Sanders of Bellevue, the committee chair, said “more clarity would provide a better debate” after Omaha State Sens. John Cavanaugh, Dunixi Guereca, and Megan Hunt asked whether a doctor’s “attestation” would implicate the need for a notary. Hunt said this would increase costs for some families. She asked her colleagues to consider if they lived in the land of the free and thought of all the people who died for the freedom to play sports who would need to find a notary to do so. Cavanaugh said the requirement should lead to a new public hearing.

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