House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday refiled legislation to bar transgender women and girls from competing on school sports teams that match their gender identity, jumpstarting work on an issue the GOP promised to prioritize in the new year.
The bill, titled the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, would amend Title IX — the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination at schools and education programs that receive government funding — to prohibit schools from allowing transgender female athletes to participate in an athletic program or activity “that is designated for women or girls.”
It defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) is the primary sponsor of the measure in the House, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is leading the measure’s introduction in the Senate.
Both men sponsored identical bills last year, with mixed success.
Transgender people and issues played a central role in GOP campaigns in 2024, and President-elect Trump has promised to ban trans women and girls from competing on female sports teams when he takes office later this month.
“Republicans have promised to protect women’s sports, and under President Trump’s leadership, we will fulfill this promise,” Steube said Tuesday in a statement.
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