Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

Hozzl · 2025-02-04T16:28:27Z

Explore the details of House Bill 28 Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues. Stay informed on legislative developments.

2/4/2025, 4:28 PM

Summary of Bill HR 28

Bill 119 hr 28, also known as the "Protecting Women's Sports Act of 2021," seeks to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to ensure that sex is determined based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth for the purpose of compliance with title IX in athletics. This bill aims to address concerns about fairness and competition in women's sports by ensuring that individuals who are biologically male do not have an unfair advantage when competing against females. The bill emphasizes the importance of protecting the integrity of women's sports and ensuring that female athletes have equal opportunities to succeed. If passed, this legislation would have significant implications for how gender is determined and recognized in the context of athletic competition.

Congressional Summary of HR 28

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.

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.

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Current Status of Bill HR 28

Bill HR 28 is currently in the status of Introduced to Senate since January 15, 2025. Bill HR 28 was introduced during Congress 119 and was introduced to the House on January 3, 2025. Bill HR 28's most recent activity was Received in the Senate. as of January 15, 2025

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 28

Total Number of Sponsors

Democrat Sponsors

Republican Sponsors

Unaffiliated Sponsors

Total Number of Cosponsors

419

Democrat Cosponsors

Republican Cosponsors

419

Unaffiliated Cosponsors

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 28

Primary Policy Focus

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Potential Impact Areas

- Athletes

- Education programs funding

- School athletics

- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 28

To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

Comments

Wes Langley

391

10 months ago

It's really disheartening to see how this will impact our community. It's a tough situation for everyone involved. The short term effects will definitely be felt by many.