State Sen. Kathleen Kauth of the Millard area, left, joins with former student-athletes Payton McNabb (North Carolina) and Riley Gaines (University of Kentucky) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln student-athletes Jordy Bahl (Huskers softball) and Rebekah Allick (Huskers volleyball) for the signing of a bill led by Kauth to require student-athletes wishing to play in competitive sports in Nebraska to play on teams matching their sex at birth. June 4, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s signature Wednesday was the final hurdle to legally requiring that all student-athletes competing in public K-12 or college sports this fall must do so on the team that matches their sex at birth.

Pillen’s approval of Legislative Bill 89, the “Stand With Women Act” f

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