# 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.

## 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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 100: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 9. Yea 51 · Nay 45 · Other 4.

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