Arizona voters to decide Prop 318 school sports rules

What Proposition 318 would do

Arizona voters will decide Proposition 318 in 2026. If approved, the measure would bar biological males from participating in female school sports and would restrict access to locker rooms in Arizona schools. The new rules would take effect in 2027.

The sports provision concerns who may participate on female teams. The locker-room provision concerns who may enter or use certain school facilities. Both policies are part of the same proposition, so voters will make one decision covering the measure as a whole rather than voting on each provision separately.

Proposition 318 is an education policy measure, not a candidate contest. The vote will determine whether the proposed restrictions become Arizona policy for schools.

How the vote works

A vote for Proposition 318 supports adopting the school sports and locker-room restrictions. A vote against it opposes adopting those restrictions. If the measure passes, its policies are scheduled to begin in 2027; if it does not pass, Proposition 318 will not take effect.

Approval at the election would authorize the policy, while implementation would follow in 2027.

Voters can use the official ballot language and full proposition text to examine how the measure defines and applies its requirements. Those documents control the precise reach of the sports ban and the locker-room restrictions. The central ballot choice is whether Arizona should adopt both school policies on the timetable stated in Proposition 318.