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S. 9 · 119th Congress

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

IntroducedSports and Recreation
IntroducedJan 7, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
Passed HouseNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, 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) It would change 1 section of existing law.

How this bill changes the law

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S. 9 would change 1 section of existing law. Read from the bill text as placed on the Senate calendar (Jan 8, 2025).

20 U.S.C. 1681 Sex

What the words would change: every change, in place (1)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

  1. 20 U.S.C. 1681added (d)by S. 9 Sec. 2

    (d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for a recipient of Federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.(2) For purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

    The bill says: Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the following:

    Bill text · Current law (20 U.S.C. 1681)

From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, 2024 edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

What it does

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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.

Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Jan 7, 2025).

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What has happened

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  1. Jan 7, 2025Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

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Recorded votes

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  1. Mar 3, 2025 · SenateCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected 51–45
    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · needed three-fifths
    R 51 yes, 0 noI 0 yes, 2 noD 0 yes, 43 noEach member · Record

Cosponsors

  • Jim Banks R-IN
  • John Barrasso R-WY
  • Marsha Blackburn R-TN
  • John Boozman R-AR
  • Katie Boyd Britt R-AL
  • Ted Budd R-NC
  • Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
  • Bill Cassidy R-LA
  • John Cornyn R-TX
  • Tom Cotton R-AR
  • Kevin Cramer R-ND
  • Mike Crapo R-ID
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  • Ted Cruz R-TX
  • Steve Daines R-MT
  • Joni Ernst R-IA
  • Deb Fischer R-NE
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC
  • Darline Graham R-SC
  • Bill Hagerty R-TN
  • Josh Hawley R-MO
  • John Hoeven R-ND
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
  • Ron Johnson R-WI
  • James C. Justice R-WV
  • John Kennedy R-LA
  • James Lankford R-OK
  • Mike Lee R-UT
  • Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
  • Roger Marshall R-KS
  • David McCormick R-PA
  • Ashley Moody R-FL
  • Sen. Markwayne Mullin R-OK
  • Rand Paul R-KY
  • Pete Ricketts R-NE
  • James E. Risch R-ID
  • Mike Rounds R-SD
  • Eric Schmitt R-MO
  • Tim Scott R-SC
  • Rick Scott R-FL
  • Tim Sheehy R-MT
  • Dan Sullivan R-AK
  • John Thune R-SD
  • Thom Tillis R-NC
  • Roger F. Wicker R-MS