Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 28

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Jan 15, 2025Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Plain-English summary

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 This bill generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls. Specifically, the bill provides that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities. ) Under the bill, sex is based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Timothy L Rep Walberg

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Brandon Gill

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Troy Downing

Cosponsor · Republican · MT

Michael Guest

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Eric Burlison

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

James Austin Scott

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Earl Leroy Carter

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Aaron Bean

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Russell Fulcher

Cosponsor · Republican · ID

Juan Ciscomani

Cosponsor · Republican · AZ

S. Brett Brett Hon. Guthrie

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Lalota Nick

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

Virginia Ann Foxx

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Lance Gooden

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Tony Wied

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Kevin Hern

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Andy Ogles

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

William P Huizenga

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Randall Feenstra

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

Richard Hudson

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Benjamin Lee Cline

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Greg Steube

Sponsor · Republican · FL

Dan Newhouse

Cosponsor · Republican · WA

Riley M. Moore

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

Daniel Webster

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Glenn Grothman

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Richard McCormick

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Jodey C. Arrington

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Mark Harris

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Christopher H. Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · NJ

Peter Allen Stauber

Cosponsor · Republican · MN

Claudia Tenney

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

David Kustoff

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Craig A. Goldman

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Brad Finstad

Cosponsor · Republican · MN

Harriet M. Hageman

Cosponsor · Republican · WY

Daniel Crenshaw

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Josh Brecheen

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Vernon Buchanan

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

John Trent Kelly

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Erin Houchin

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Andy Biggs

Cosponsor · Republican · AZ

Ron Estes

Cosponsor · Republican · KS

Ryan K Zinke

Cosponsor · Republican · MT

Walter Michael Ezell

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Keith Self

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

James Comer

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Sheri Biggs

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

David J. Taylor

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Clay Higgins

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

Warren Davidson

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Dusty Johnson

Cosponsor · Republican · SD

Scott Franklin

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Kat Cammack

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

John Kevin Ellzey Sr.

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Monica De La Cruz

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Lisa C. McClain

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Troy Nehls

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Gus M Bilirakis

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Zach Nunn

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

Burgess Owens

Cosponsor · Republican · UT

Carol D. Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

Daniel Meuser

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Mark B. Messmer

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Randy K. Weber, Sr.

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Jason T Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Richard W Allen

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

H. Morgan Griffith

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Michael Bost

Cosponsor · Republican · IL

Scott Fitzgerald

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Michael Rulli

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Brian Babin

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

John W. Rose

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Garland Andy Barr

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Mary E. Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · IL

Neal Patrick Md Facs Dunn

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Jeff Crank

Cosponsor · Republican · CO

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Nancy Mace

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Robert B. Aderholt

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Tom Tiffany

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

John J. McGuire III

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesAthletesEducation programs fundingSchool athleticsSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Sources & text

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