RENTON, Wash. — The state's youth sports governing body did not pass a proposed amendment that would have restricted girls' sports to "biological females."

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) announced that Amendment No. 7 failed to reach the 60% threshold needed to pass by its representative assembly of 53 school administrators. The vote would have been an advisory one only, as the amendment would be in violation of current Washington state law.

Amendment No. 7 received 31 votes in favor and 22 against passing, just one vote shy of being approved. A second amendment, No. 8, would have created a separate "open" division for transgender athletes in Washington state. It also would restrict both boys' and girls' sports to only allowing athletes who were assigned that sex at birth. Amendment No. 8 was much further from passing, with just 13 votes for and 40 against.

In a release announcing the amendments that passed, the WIAA did acknowledge that it holds the authority to revise policies if there are changes in state law.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and womens' sports. The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” gives federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration’s view, which interprets “sex” as the gender someone was assigned at birth.

Washington State Superintendent Chris Reykdal released a statement shortly after Trump's executive order, calling it "another attempt to override the authority of states and local school districts."

"The President’s order directly contradicts state law, including the Washington Law Against Discrimination, and our laws prohibiting discrimination in our public schools. Our state law prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and we will not back down from that," Reykdal said on Feb. 6. "Washington state will do everything in our power to defend the rule of law, states' rights to establish education policy, and to protect the beautiful diversity of our 1.1 million students and educators. We believe in inclusion over discrimination, and love over hate."

The new amendments will go into effect on Aug. 1.

KING 5's Helen Smith contributed to this report.