S. 9: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Sponsor
Tommy Tuberville
Republican · AL
What S. 9 does
S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, would make it a violation of Title IX for federally funded education programs to run or support athletic programs for women or girls that allow people of the male sex to take part. Title IX bans sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, including public schools, colleges and universities.
Under the bill, sex is based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
S9 Legislative Journey
Floor Action
Mar 3, 2025
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1455)
Action Taken
Feb 27, 2025
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1434)
Action Taken
Jan 8, 2025
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
Introduced
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
+1 more action this day
About the Sponsor
Tommy Tuberville
Republican, AL · 5 years in Congress
Committees: Senate Special Committee on Aging, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Veterans' Affairs
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Cosponsors (44)
All 44 cosponsors are Republicans. Cosponsors represent 26 states: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, and 23 more.
James Risch
Republican · ID
Ron Johnson
Republican · WI
Thomas Tillis
Republican · NC
Shelley Capito
Republican · WV
Kevin Cramer
Republican · ND
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican · MS
Tom Cotton
Republican · AR
Mike Crapo
Republican · ID
James Lankford
Republican · OK
Steve Daines
Republican · MT
Roger Marshall
Republican · KS
Mike Lee
Republican · UT
What laws does S. 9 change?
1 changes
Sections Amended
Section 901 of Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681)
adding at the end the following: ``(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
S. 9 Quick Facts
- Chamber
- Senate
- Policy
- Sports and Recreation
- Introduced
- Jan 7, 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)
Mar 3, 2025
S. 9 Bill Text
“To provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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