Schools that don't comply risk losing federal funding under Title IX. The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to study effects on girls' and women's opportunities, scholarships, and safety, and report to Congress.

Bill would define sex by birth biology for school sports under Title IX

Passed one chamberH.R. 28Latest action Jan 15, 2025

Sponsor: W. Gregory Steube · Representative · FL

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Official title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

119th Congress

Topics: Rights & liberties

Introduced: January 3, 2025

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HR 28 would bar transgender girls and women from female school sports teams under a birth-biology definition of sex.

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What does this do?

HR 28 amends Title IX to define sex, for school sports purposes, based only on reproductive biology and genetics at birth. Schools and organizations receiving federal funding would violate Title IX if they let someone whose sex is male under this definition compete on women's or girls' teams. Males could still practice alongside women's teams if no girl or woman loses a roster spot, competition opportunity, scholarship, or admission chance.

Who does it affect?

Transgender girls and women seeking to compete on female sports teams at federally funded schools and colleges would be barred from those teams. Athletic departments and school administrators would need to apply the new definition to remain compliant with Title IX.

Why does it matter?

Schools that don't comply risk losing federal funding under Title IX. The bill also directs the to study effects on girls' and women's opportunities, scholarships, and safety, and report to Congress.

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IntroducedJan 3, 2025
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SenateYou are here · Jan 15, 2025
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Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.

Latest action: January 15, 2025 — Received in the Senate.

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House · January 14, 2025 · Roll call 12
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Question
On Passage
Result:
Passed
218
Nay
206
1
9
Republicans 216 yes, 3 not voting · Democrats 2 yes, 206 no, 1 present, 6 not voting
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House · January 14, 2025 · Roll call 11
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Question
On
Result:
Failed
208
Nay
218
0
8
Republicans 217 no, 2 not voting · Democrats 208 yes, 1 no, 6 not voting
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