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US S9
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025


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Introduced
01/07/2025
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

119th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

AI Summary

This bill, titled the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025," proposes an amendment to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funding. The bill specifically targets athletic programs by establishing that any recipient of federal funds cannot allow a person whose sex is determined to be male at birth (based on reproductive biology and genetics) to participate in athletic programs or activities designated for women or girls. In practical terms, this means that an individual's biological sex assigned at birth would be the sole criterion for participation in sex-specific sports teams, effectively preventing transgender women or girls from competing in women's sports. The bill aims to create a strict definition of sex that is based exclusively on reproductive biology and genetic characteristics present at the time of birth, which would fundamentally alter current interpretations of sex and gender in athletic participation.

Sponsors (44)

Tommy Tuberville (R)* Jim Banks (R),  John Barrasso (R),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  John Boozman (R),  Katie Boyd Britt (R),  Ted Budd (R),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Bill Cassidy (R),  John Cornyn (R),  Tom Cotton (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Mike Crapo (R),  Ted Cruz (R),  Steve Daines (R),  Joni Ernst (R),  Deb Fischer (R),  Lindsey Graham (R),  Bill Hagerty (R),  Josh Hawley (R),  John Hoeven (R),  Cindy Hyde-Smith (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  James Justice (R),  John Neely Kennedy (R),  James Lankford (R),  Mike Lee (R),  Cynthia Lummis (R),  Roger Marshall (R),  David McCormick (R),  Ashley Moody (R),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Rand Paul (R),  Pete Ricketts (R),  Jim Risch (R),  Mike Rounds (R),  Eric Schmitt (R),  Rick Scott (R),  Tim Scott (R),  Tim Sheehy (R),  Dan Sullivan (R),  John Thune (R),  Thom Tillis (R),  Roger Wicker (R), 

Last Action

Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 100. (CR S1455-1456) (on 03/03/2025)

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