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The bill strengthens sex-based protections in collegiate athletics to preserve competitive fairness and support women's programs while limiting participation by transgender women and imposing administrative, legal, and compliance costs on institutions.
Women and female students: preserves protected opportunities to compete against other females, maintaining competitive fairness and safety and reinforcing Title IX enforcement that can help sustain or increase resources for women's collegiate athletic programs.
Young girls and female students: affirms and supports the health, confidence, and discipline benefits of athletic participation, which may encourage policies and funding to expand girls' sports programs.
Transgender women and biological males identifying as female students: may be limited or excluded from competing on women's teams, reducing their athletic opportunities and inclusion.
Colleges, universities, and state governments: could face administrative burdens and potential legal challenges as institutions revise roster and eligibility policies to comply with sex-based protections, leading to additional compliance work and policy change pressure.
NCAA, member institutions, and taxpayers: may incur increased litigation risk and compliance costs from revising eligibility rules and defending new policies, potentially diverting funds from other programs.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expresses concern about biological males competing on women's collegiate teams, praises the NAIA's female-only rule, and calls for protecting women's athletic opportunities and Title IX compliance.
States findings that athletic participation benefits girls, recognizes Title IX and women athletes' achievements, and asserts biological differences between males and females can disadvantage and create safety risks for female competitors. Expresses concern with the NCAA policy allowing biological males on women’s rosters, praises the NAIA for limiting women’s teams to biological females, and declares it imperative to protect collegiate women’s athletic opportunities and ensure Title IX obligations are met.
Introduced January 13, 2025 by Marsha Blackburn · Last progress January 13, 2025