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HR 28 · 119th Congress · House

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

In progress
IntroducedJan 3, 2025
Policy areaCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsors83
What this bill is intended to do

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. The bill does not prohibit male individuals from training or practicing with programs or activities for women or girls as long as such training or practice does not deprive any female of corresponding opportunities or benefits. The Government Accountability Office must report on the benefits for women or girls in single-sex sports that would be lost as a result of male participation. In particular, the report must document the negative psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological effects of male participation on girls.

Latest action

Jan 15, 2025Received in the Senate.

How Congress voted · House roll call 11 · Jan 14, 2025
208 Yea218 Nay8 Not voting

Failed

How each party voted
Republicans0–216
Democrats208–1
Independents0–1

Revealed positions from the official roll call.

D56

The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 aims to amend Title IX by defining sex based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth for athletic programs. It prohibits males from participating in female-designated sports, with some exceptions for training, and mandates a study on the impact of male participation in female sports.

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