Federally funded schools would be barred from letting males join girls' and women's sports
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Sponsor: Tommy Tuberville · Senator · AL
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Official title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
119th Congress
Topics: Education
Introduced:
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The bill would make it a Title IX violation for federally funded schools to let a person whose sex is male join girls' or women's athletics, defining sex by biology at birth.
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What does this do?
The bill would amend Title IX, the 1972 federal law banning sex discrimination in schools and colleges that receive federal money. It would add a rule that a school or organization receiving federal funds breaks the law if it lets a person whose sex is male take part in an athletic program or activity designated for women or girls. Sex would be defined only by reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
Who does it affect?
It would affect public schools, colleges and universities, and other groups that receive federal dollars, along with athletes, coaches, and families. Transgender girls and women who were identified as male at birth could not compete on girls' or women's teams at federally funded programs.
Why does it matter?
The rule would not change who can play on boys' or men's teams or on teams open to everyone. The bill does not spell out penalties, but under Title IX the usual consequence for violations is that a school could risk losing federal funding.
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Based on the “Placed on Calendar Senate” text of Jan 8, 2025.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
- Senate committee
- Senate voteYou are here · Mar 3, 2025
- House
- The president's desk
Right now: the Senate has not agreed to take it up. The last motion to do so failed. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.
Latest action: — 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)