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S. 9

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025Latest action Mar 3, 2025Sports and Recreation

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.

Deterministically condensed from the official CRS summary; verify details in the official record.

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Ron Harold Mr. Johnson

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Rick Sen Scott

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

John A Barrasso

Cosponsor · Republican · WY

Darline Graham

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Cynthia M. Lummis

Cosponsor · Republican · WY

John Neely Kennedy

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

Rafael Edward Ted Cruz

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Roger Sen. Wicker

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Ashley Moody

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Katie Boyd Britt

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Dave Mccormick

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Thom R Sen Tillis

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Thomas Cotton

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Ted Budd

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Steve Daines

Cosponsor · Republican · MT

Jim Banks

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Kevin Cramer

Cosponsor · Republican · ND

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Roger W Marshall

Cosponsor · Republican · KS

Joshua David Sen Hawley

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Tim Scott

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Tim Sheehy

Cosponsor · Republican · MT

James Conley Justice II

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

Michael D Crapo

Cosponsor · Republican · ID

Shelley Moore Capito

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

William M. Cassidy

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

James Lankford

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Mike Lee

Cosponsor · Republican · UT

Mike Rounds

Cosponsor · Republican · SD

Eric Schmitt

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Rand Paul

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

James E Mr. Risch

Cosponsor · Other · ID

Thomas H Tuberville

Sponsor · Republican · AL

Sen. John Boozman

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Pete Ricketts

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Bill Hagerty

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Lindsey O. Graham

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Debra S. Fischer

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Marsha Blackburn

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

John Hoeven

Cosponsor · Republican · ND

Markwayne Mr. Mullin

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Joni K Ernst

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

John R. Thune

Cosponsor · Republican · SD

John Sen Cornyn

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Dan Sullivan

Cosponsor · Republican · AK

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

Official Subjects

Sports and RecreationAthletesEducation programs fundingSchool athleticsSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Action Timeline

Mar 3, 2025

Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1455)

Mar 3, 2025

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)

Feb 27, 2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

Feb 27, 2025

Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1434)

Jan 8, 2025

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.

Jan 7, 2025

Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

Jan 7, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Sources & text

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