Bonta called Georgia’s recently enacted education bill House Bill 1084“transphobic.” California’s list now includes 22 states. Arizona will be counted on the list at the end of September.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the new law in April. The legislation—known as the “Protect Students First Act”—mainly bans classroom instruction that teaches “divisive concepts” such as teaching children the United States is fundamentally racist and people are inherently or consciously racist and oppressive to others because of their race.
Lawmakers further included a provision in the bill that enables a state committee to adopt Georgia High School’s athletic association policy prohibiting biological boys from participating in girls’ school sports. The athletic association amended its bylaws in May asking student-athletes to contest under the sex listed on their birth certificate.
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“Blocking transgender youth from playing sports isn’t just discriminatory, it’s government overreach—and it’s happening in states across the country,” Bonta announced in a statement. “Rather than protecting personal freedoms, state legislatures are going out of their way to invent a problem and target the rights of children. It’s a gross misuse of public resources. California refuses to take part.”
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California is restricted from funding state-sponsored travel under Assembly Bill 1887, a law that prohibits state employees, agencies, commissions, officers and members from traveling to a state that has enacted laws against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
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Georgia’s governor’s office responded to Bonta’s announcement, telling The Epoch Times the ban would have little impact.
“Unless Attorney General Bonta plans on banning companies and film projects from moving to Georgia from California, this will have little impact on our state,” Gov. Kemp’s spokesperson announced Aug. 22. “Georgia is the No. 1 state to do business because companies know they will be treated fairly here, and that extends to the fairness that girls and their parents expect when competing in sports."
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“Someone should also be sure to alert Gov. Gavin Newsom of this ban, given his apparent yearning to be the 2024 nominee at the Democratic National Convention, which is seriously considering Atlanta as a potential host city,” the spokesperson announced.
The Democratic National Committee is considering four cities—Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, and New York—as finalists for the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
California state officials are forbidden from using state funds to travel to two of those cities—Atlanta and Houston.
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