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S. 9: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-07 · Sports and Recreation · Latest: 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)

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Official title

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

Plain 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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Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] · 44 cosponsors

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

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] reported raising $726,222 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong119-s9 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills