S. 9 · 119th Congress
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
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44 cosponsors · 44 R
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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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 7, 2025
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Latest action (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)
Policy area: Sports and Recreation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 7, 2025
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Latest vote · Senate · Mar 3, 2025
Ending debate on taking up the measure (cloture) — Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected. Vote details
Senate Majority Leader: John Thune