List of U.S. state sports

This is a list of official U.S. state sports as recognized by state legislatures.

Table

State Sport Year Adopted Designation
Alaska Dog Mushing[1] 1972
Colorado Pack Burro Racing[2] 2012 Summer Heritage Sport
Delaware Bicycling[3] 2014
Hawaii Surfing (He'e nalu)[4] 1998 State Individual Sport
Outrigger Canoe Paddling (Heihei wa'a)[5] 1986 State Team Sport
Maryland Jousting[6] 1962 State Sport
Lacrosse[7] 2004 State Team Sport
Massachusetts Basketball[8][9] 2006 Sport of the Commonwealth
Volleyball[10][11] 2014 Recreational and Team Sport of the Commonwealth
Minnesota Ice Hockey[12] 2009
New Hampshire Skiing[13][14] 1998
North Carolina Stock car racing[15] 2011
South Dakota Rodeo[16] 2003
Texas Rodeo[17] 1997
Wyoming Rodeo[18] 2003

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://alaska.gov/kids/student.htm
  2. ↑ https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-sport
  3. ↑ DE. Gen. Provis. § 7-235. http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.NSF/vwLegislation/HB+235
  4. ↑ Hawaii State Legislature. "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 5-13.5 (State individual sport)". Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ Hawaii State Legislature. "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 5-14 (State team sport)". Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Md. Gen. Provis. § 7-329. http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmStatutesText.aspx?article=ggp&section=7-329&ext=html&session=2015RS&tab=subject5.
  7. ↑ http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/sport.html
  8. ↑ https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter2/Section55
  9. ↑ https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2006/Chapter215
  10. ↑ https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter2/Section61
  11. ↑ https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2014/Chapter208
  12. ↑ https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=1.1499
  13. ↑ http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/sport.html
  14. ↑ https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/symbols
  15. ↑ "State sport". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. ↑ http://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-6-16.8
  17. ↑ https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols.html
  18. ↑ http://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols
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