Where Kathy stands
Protecting girls’ sports
Kathy is the lead sponsor of the Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act. It has been voted down every year she has filed it, and she is filing it again in 2027.
- 3+
- Sessions filed — HB 47, HB 156, HB 63
- 2027
- Next session she will file it again
- Lead
- Sponsor, Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act
Girls’ sports exist for a reason. The rules, the equipment, and the divisions were all built around a biological difference that does not disappear because it has become uncomfortable to mention. Kathy has made that argument on the floor of the House of Delegates every year since she first filed the bill.
The Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act would require that interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity teams — and, in the 2026 version, locker rooms — be designated by sex. It has been introduced as HB 47 in 2024, HB 156 in 2025, and HB 63 in 2026. Every version has died in the Ways and Means Committee.
After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of protecting women’s and girls’ athletics, Kathy announced she would bring the bill back again in 2027. It is the issue she is best known for statewide, and the one she has been least willing to trade away.
“Girls’ sports exist because men and women are biologically different. From lower volleyball nets and smaller basketballs to different rules in sports like lacrosse, these distinctions have always been about fairness and safety.”
What Kathy is fighting for
- Designate interscholastic and intramural JV and varsity teams by sex
- Designate school locker rooms by sex
- Protect the fairness and safety female athletes were promised
- Refile the bill every session until it passes
In the coverage
- Fox Baltimore — Del. Szeliga plans sixth push to limit girls sports teams to biological females
- WJLA / 7News — Maryland GOP delegate responds to Supreme Court transgender athlete ruling
- The Baltimore Sun — Ensuring fairness in girls’ sports
- CBS News Baltimore — Proposed Maryland bill would prohibit biological boys from playing girls sports in high school
Kathy is also fighting for
Making Maryland affordable againMore than 300 tax and fee hikes in four years. Kathy has voted against them and keeps making the case that Maryland is pricing out the people who built it.Read more
Lower energy costsMaryland imports 40% of its power and charges families a fee for the privilege. Kathy backed a full repeal worth roughly $33 a month; the majority offered $12.50.Read more
Standing up for taxpayersKathy and Mark write the same checks every April that everyone else does. She votes in Annapolis like a person who has to pay the bill.Read more
Stand with District 7A
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