"It’s not fair and not safe when bigger, stronger males compete in girls’ sports. It threatens female athletes’ dignity, opportunity and safety. Every male on a female team is stealing a girl’s dream and future. I know because I was forced to compete against male athletes. 

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes refuse to protect female athletes, using their positions of power to try to force male athletes onto girls’ sports teams. 

So it’s up to us – the voters of Arizona - to protect girls’ sports and female private spaces.

Proposition 318 – The Protect Girls Sports Act - protects female private spaces, including bathrooms, locker rooms and showers. It prohibits males from playing in girls’ sports, and specifically designates Arizona sports as Male, Female or Co-Ed." - Kaylie Ray, Co-Chair, Protect Girls Sports in Arizona

The immediate consequences for young women are life-altering. For countless girls, athletic excellence is the only pathway to higher education through hard-earned scholarships. When young men compete in girls’ divisions, roster spots, podium finishes, and future opportunities are taken from young women. In contact and collision sports, the physical mismatch creates real safety risks no one should ignore. 

This isn’t about keeping anyone off the field. Protecting girls’ sports is about recognizing biological reality and common sense, and ensuring that girls have an opportunity to compete, so that the medals, records, and scholarships they earn truly belong to them." - Peter Gentala, President, and Leisa Brug, VP of Advocacy, Center for Arizona Policy

"This measure upholds the original intent of Title IX by ensuring school and athletic teams are designated male, female, or coed based on biological sex. It closes loopholes in Arizona law and protects females in the following key ways:  

Preserves fair competition — Biological males’ physical advantages will no longer displace girls from scholarships, records, podiums, or team spots, keeping the playing field level for female athletes.  

Protects female categories — Teams and sports will be designated by biological sex, safeguarding girls’ opportunities to compete, win, and advance.  

Ensures privacy and safety in private spaces — Requires sex-based use of athletic locker rooms, showers, and restrooms so girls have dignity and security where it matters most.  

Strengthens Title IX protections — Reinforces the core purpose of Title IX by closing existing loopholes in Arizona law that have allowed unfair participation.

Prop 318 strengthens fairness, privacy, and the integrity of Arizona athletics for women and girls." - Kimberly Miller, President, Arizona Women of Action

"As a Mom and athlete myself, I am deeply concerned about bigger, stronger, biological males competing in girls’ sports and entering private female spaces including girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms and showers. It puts our girls at risk and crushes their athletic dreams and opportunities. There’s never a justification for it. Some things are just wrong.  

As an Arizona Legislator, I could do something about it and I have! I’m proud to have been the prime sponsor of HCR2003 – The Protect Girls Sports Act – now Proposition 318. Prop 318 designates sports in Arizona as Male – Female – Co-Ed, ensuring that everyone gets to participate. And it prohibits males from entering girls bathrooms, locker rooms and showers. 

Could anything be more common sense?  

Every one of my Republican colleagues in the Legislature voted to put the Protect Girls Sports Act on the November ballot. And every Democrat voted against it, joining Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs and Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes in refusing to protect girls’ sports and private female spaces. 

Now, it’s our turn – the voters in Arizona. We can protect girls’ sports by voting YES on Prop 318." - Selina Bliss, State Representative 

"Prop 318 imposes a one-size-fits-all approach to youth sports that treats kindergarteners the same as college athletes and recreational activities the same as highly competitive sports. Instead of allowing schools, athletic organizations, and communities to create age-appropriate policies, this amendment mandates blanket exclusion and discrimination. 

This measure risks creating unnecessary conflict in our schools. To enforce its restrictions, schools could face pressure to verify students’ gender, opening the door to invasive questioning, scrutiny, and investigations of children who simply want to participate in sports with their peers. No child should have to prove who they are to play. 

"HCR 2003 places detailed rules regarding student athletics, locker rooms, restrooms, and other school facilities into state law through a ballot measure. It also creates new opportunities for lawsuits against schools, athletic associations, and educators, potentially diverting time and resources away from classrooms and student services.  

This measure addresses a situation that affects very few students, yet it imposes statewide mandates on every public school, many private schools, colleges, universities, and athletic associations. It also creates privacy concerns by requiring schools to enforce policies based on a student's sex as recorded on an original birth certificate, potentially placing students, families, coaches, and school personnel in difficult and intrusive situations.

Arizona schools already work with students, families, coaches, and governing athletic organizations to address participation issues. Decisions affecting student well-being, safety, and inclusion should be guided by educators, parents, and established athletic policies—not broad mandates written into law through a statewide ballot measure." - Pinny Sheoran, Board Officer, Secretary/State Advocacy Chair, League of Women Voters of Arizona

"The ACLU of Arizona urges a NO vote on Proposition 318 because it would force Arizona schools and athletic associations to adopt a blanket rule that does not consider age, level of competition, and sport, and opens schools to a flurry of lawsuits.  

Arizona already has a law banning trans athletes from competing in public school sports. This proposition seeks to expand that blanket ban, inserting politicians and lawyers into our school hallways, locker rooms, and coaches’ offices. It invites ‘gender checks’ on any girl who wants to play sports, handing frivolous lawsuits to anyone with a grudge against a school, a teacher, or a child.  

We all want sports to be fair and student athletes to be safe. That’s why sports associations make appropriate rules about who can participate in different sports at different levels, not politicians. Proposition 318 treats kindergarteners the same as college athletes, and treats bowling the same as football. It allows anyone to play ‘gender police’ and sue schools, teachers, and coaches whenever they think a girl is “too tall” or “too strong”. Our students deserve rules that promote sports fairness and that take age and sports type into consideration, not blanket bans like Prop 318.  

We believe in playing by the rules and we believe the rules should be fair to everyone. Proposition 318 doesn’t make sports fair. It puts all our girls at risk of invasive questioning and scrutiny. It tells some kids, before they’ve even had a chance to try, that they don’t belong. That’s not the Arizona way."- Darrell Hill, Director of Policy, ACLU of Arizona