House Passes GOP’s Transgender Sports Bill

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House Passes GOP's Transgender Sports Bill

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Story by Xavier Martinez, Louise Radnofsky (14 Jan 2025)

WASHINGTON—The Republican-led House narrowly passed legislation designed to force public institutions to prohibit transgender girls and women from competing in female sports categories.

The bill, dubbed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, requires schools to restrict participation in female sports categories to girls and women, "based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth."

The measure passed the House in a 218 to 206 tally, with one lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Don Davis of North Carolina, voting present. Democratic leadership issued guidance to vote against the bill, but two Texas Democrats, Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, joined all Republicans in voting in favor. A similar proposal in 2023 drew no Democratic votes.

The legislation would make it a violation of federal Title IX rules for any educational institution that receives federal funding to allow transgender girls and women to participate in female sports categories on the basis of their gender identity. The definition covers almost every middle school, high school and college in the U.S.