State by State · No law protecting girls’ sports
Hawaii has no law protecting girls' sports. State school policy lets males who identify as girls play on girls' teams.
The law in Hawaii
State policy allows males on girls' teams
Past attempts
HB 1304 (2021) would have barred males from public high school girls’ teams (grades 9–12); not enacted (bill text). HB 207 (2025) would have required sex-based teams in public K-12 and colleges with a private cause of action (bill text); listed as failed, last action Jan. 21, 2025, with companion HB 268 also failed (tracker only; Trans Legislation Tracker).
The law in detail, with sources
The law
None. No state law limits girls’ teams to females. Bills to do so have not passed (see History).
Notes
The Hawaii High School Athletic Association lets athletes play based on gender identity, and the Hawaii Department of Education lets students take part in in-school sports “in accordance with their sincerely held gender identity” (Hawaii Prep World, Mar. 8, 2020). Another source says the HHSAA has no written policy and leaves it to DOE guidance (Transathlete.com state list); local leagues and schools say they follow the DOE policy, which allows self-identification into girls’ sports (4W, Kea’au High School; KITV). A 2018 state law extends Title IX-style protections so students cannot be denied extracurricular activities based on gender identity (HB 1489 (2018), LegiScan; Wikipedia). A Lahainaluna coach filed a Title IX complaint over a male on Kamehameha-Maui girls’ teams in 2020 (Hawaii Prep World). No 2025–26 policy change found.
Athletes in ICONS-backed lawsuits
- Nicanora Clarke, volleyball, University of Nevada, Reno, from Hawaii · Slusser v. Mountain West
- Sia Liilii, volleyball, University of Nevada, Reno, from Hawaii · Slusser v. Mountain West
- Alyssa Sugai, volleyball, San José State, from Hawaii · Slusser v. Mountain West