Ballot measure · Arizona · November 3, 2026

Proposition 318

Title as the state lists it: REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATURE RELATING TO STUDENT ATHLETICS1,2

Research draftReferred by the legislatureState law
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
State law
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would require public and private schools, colleges and athletic associations, starting in 2027, to designate teams as male, female or coed by sex as recorded on an original birth certificate, keep male athletes off female teams, bar them from authorizing use of athletic private spaces not designated for a person’s sex, and let athletes sue.1 pp. 106-107, 130

A no vote

A no vote would keep current law, under which only public schools and private schools that compete against them must designate teams by biological sex and keep male students off female teams, with no added rule on athletic private spaces.1 p. 130

More about it

If approved, the Legislature could change this law only by a three-fourths vote of each house and only to further its purpose, unless the change goes to voters, under Proposition 105 (1998).1 p. 107, Proposition 105 Notice

§2How it got on the ballot

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2

State law. It would change state law, not the constitution.1,2

It is on Arizona's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,3 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Arizona's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. A measure the Legislature refers to voters becomes law if a majority of the votes cast on it are yes; the constitution sets a 60 percent bar only for measures that approve a tax.2 Ariz. Const. art. IV, pt. 1, § 1(5), (13)