H.R. 28Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

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Sponsor: W. Gregory Steube [R-FL-17]
Cosponsors: 83 · 83 Republicans
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Committee: Education and Workforce Committee
Latest action: Jan 15, 2025 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedJan 3, 2025
Passed the HouseJan 14, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

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.

The bill does not prohibit male individuals from training or practicing with programs or activities for women or girls as long as such training or practice does not deprive any female of corresponding opportunities or benefits.

The Government Accountability Office must report on the benefits for women or girls in single-sex sports that would be lost as a result of male participation. In particular, the report must document the negative psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological effects of male participation on girls.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 28 as introduced in House on Jan 3, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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House Jan 14, 2025 · the primary vote

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218 Yea 206 Nay 9 not voting · 1 present

Party-line vote 2 of 424 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Democrats.

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All members434 members

Democratic215 members

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Republican218 members

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Cosponsors83 · 83 Republicans

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H.R. 28Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 282 roll calls on this measure

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How the chamber split

Cosponsors83 · 83 Republicans

H.R. 28Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 282 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 12

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors83 · 83 Republicans

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