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Pennsylvania SB9

SPORTSINTRODUCED

Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.

An Act providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.

Legislative Session

active

2025-2026 Regular Session

Selected quotes

Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women or girls under subsection (a)(2) may not be open to students of the male sex.

"Sex." A person's immutable characteristics of the reproductive system that define the individual as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth.

A government entity, licensing or accrediting organization or an athletic association or organization may not entertain a complaint, open an investigation or take any other adverse action against a school or institution of higher education for maintaining separate interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural or club athletic teams or sports for students of the female sex.

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History

DateAction
2025-02-03Referred to EDUCATION