Bill
S. 9 (119th): A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
Summary
Recorded summary
The bill provides that, for Title IX compliance in athletics, sex is determined by an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. It makes it a Title IX violation for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs designated for women or girls.
Theological note: The bill bears on the Scriptural and general-equity concern that sex is a created distinction, that girls should not be displaced or disadvantaged in sex-designated competition, and that the protection of minors is a civil duty. Its relevance lies in defending sex-based categories and fair opportunity for girls, though questions about implementation and the scope of enforcement remain prudential.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: capped at tier 2.
- Lane: athletics. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: child_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: defends_children. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
- Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
- Lane: girls_sports. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: sex_based_categories. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: title_ix. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Cap: tier 2. The Design B factor of 0.5 applies to residual and exposure.
- Review note: Title IX athletics (sex recognized by reproductive biology at birth). Tier 1 is reserved for the gravest matters (taking innocent life, sexual corruption of children), applied equally to all parties. This bill still scores in its protective direction, but only at tier 2; a cloture nay on it is a grave compromise, not a disqualifier. The imported child_sexual_corruption tag was a stale import on a protective bill and is removed.
- Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
- Roll 100: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 9. Vote type: cloture.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill's operative purpose is to restrain a named harm: the displacement of girls and women from sex-designated athletic opportunities by males. It defends sex-based fairness and the integrity of women's categories under Title IX. Remaining disputes about enforcement and application are prudential and do not outweigh the measure's protective direction.
- Theological note: The bill bears on the Scriptural and general-equity concern that sex is a created distinction, that girls should not be displaced or disadvantaged in sex-designated competition, and that the protection of minors is a civil duty. Its relevance lies in defending sex-based categories and fair opportunity for girls, though questions about implementation and the scope of enforcement remain prudential.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics child sexual corruption
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 100 · March 3, 2025, 06:27 PM · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 9 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (51-45, 3/5 majority required)
Yea
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- PAUL, RAND
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER
Nay
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KELLY, MARK
- KIM, ANDY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PADILLA, ALEX
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WYDEN, RONALD L.