HR 1417 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021

Introduced Feb 26, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Mary E. Miller R-IL

Latest action · Feb 26, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 26, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021

This bill addresses protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces. Sex is defined as sex determined solely by a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

The bill prohibits construing the provisions of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in a manner that would require forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces (such as bathrooms) and of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by educational institutions.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2021 to Jul 21, 2022; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Andrew S. Clyde	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-VA	Ben Cline	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-VA	Bob Good	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-UT	Burgess Owens	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-TX	Chip Roy	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-GA	Marjorie Taylor Greene	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-NM	Yvette Herrell	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Mar 11, 2021
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Mar 16, 2021
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Mar 17, 2021
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Apr 5, 2021
R-TX	Pat Fallon		Apr 14, 2021
R-TX	Ronny Jackson		Jun 24, 2021
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jul 30, 2021
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Feb 18, 2022
R-CO	Ken Buck		Apr 14, 2022
R-NY	Chris Jacobs		Jun 14, 2022
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 23, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Jun 23, 2022
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Jul 1, 2022
R-MT	Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.		Jul 1, 2022
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Jul 1, 2022
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jul 1, 2022
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn		Jul 7, 2022
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany		Jul 7, 2022
R-NC	Dan Bishop		Jul 21, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Feb 26, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 26, 2021Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 37, February 26, 2021, page H859.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 935	Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2023	Reintroduced Bill	Feb 9, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To clarify protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces and to activities under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 26, 2021Introduced in House

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