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Legislation· Mar 2025
Legislation· Mar 2025S 9 Procedural vote, hasn't passed
Sponsored by Tommy Tuberville (R)
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Bars transgender girls and women from participating in school athletic programs designated for girls and women.
Tradeoff
Redefines sex under Title IX based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth, overriding existing Department of Education guidance that permits participation based on gender identity.
What's in it
The Senate tried to advance this bill on March 3, 2025. A motion to begin debate failed 51-45, leaving the bill stalled.
Senate
Introduced
(Jan 7, 2025)
Senate
On on the
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 9
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected(Roll #100 · Mar 3, 2025)
51 yeanay 45
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Darline Graham (R-SC)
Recently introduced · no floor action yet