Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 3, 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)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate 100 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 9 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected51–45 | Mar 3, 2025 |
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2025 to Aug 4, 2026; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-MT | Tim Sheehy | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Jan 7, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Jan 9, 2025 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Jan 9, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Jan 9, 2025 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jan 27, 2025 | |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Ashley Moody | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Darline Graham | Aug 4, 2026 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2025Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1455)
- Mar 3, 2025Cloture 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)
- Feb 27, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
- Feb 27, 2025Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1434)
- Jan 8, 2025Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
In the Congressional Record 10
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S475 | John Thune R-SD | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1727 | Tommy Tuberville R-AL | Mar 13, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1620 | John Thune R-SD | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1601 | Peter Welch D-VT | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1511–S1513 | Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS, James Lankford R-OK, Pete Ricketts R-NE | Mar 5, 2025 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 251 | Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 | Cross-Congress related bill | Feb 4, 2021 |
| HR 426 | Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 | Cross-Congress related bill | Apr 26, 2022 |
| S 613 | Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Mar 1, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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.
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Sports and Recreation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2025Placed on Calendar Senate
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