JACKSON THOMPSON: Colorado Gov-elect Phil Weiser signals possible changes to girls’ sports ballot measure

Colorado Governor-elect Phil Weiser has said lawmakers may review and adjust Proposition 134, a proposed law restricting access to girls’ and women’s school sports teams by biological sex. The measure was ahead in unofficial returns, and Weiser raised concerns about how athletes’ sex might be verified, although the proposal does not require full-body examinations.

Proposition 134 would require school teams from elementary through college level to be designated male, female or co-educational; male students could not join female teams, while female students could join male teams if no equivalent female team existed. Unofficial returns showed 52.66% support and 47.34% opposition, but the result was too close to call. The state voter guide says schools would set verification procedures and notes uncertainty over how the proposal would interact with existing protections for gender identity; Democrats’ legislative supermajorities could influence any revisions.