Bills / S. 9
S. 9
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
In plain English
This bill would bar students whose biological sex at birth was male from participating in sports designated for women or girls in federally funded education programs. It would make allowing such participation a violation of Title IX, the federal law against sex discrimination in education. The bill defines sex based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth and would affect students and sports programs at federally funded schools, colleges, and universities.
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Sponsor and status
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How South Carolina voted
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Senate roll call 100 · 2025-03-03 · Roll-call record ↗
| Darline Graham (R) | Lindsey Graham (R) | Tim Scott (R) |
|---|---|---|
| Not serving | Yea | Yea |
Who lobbied
Lobbying reports name the bills a client worked on. They don't say which side anyone took.
60 reports from 16 clients reporting $12,969,618 in fees and expenses. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.
Businesses and trade groups (1)
Advocacy groups and nonprofits (6)
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ↗7 reports
- ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗2 reports
- MOVEON.ORG CIVIC ACTION ↗1 report
- CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE ↗1 report
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT ↗1 report
- GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE ↗1 report
Labor unions (3)
Not classified (6)
- NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ↗11 reports
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ↗7 reports
- YWCA USA ↗7 reports
- BIG 12 CONFERENCE ↗8 reports
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL ↗1 report
- FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗1 report
Groupings are our label from each organization's name and industry, not its legal or tax status.
The connection table
Organizations that lobbied this bill, and money each gave South Carolina's delegates this cycle: its PAC's contributions (FEC) plus its lobbyists' reported contributions and event payments (LD‑203, group events excluded). Exact name matches only. An empty cell means no matching money was found. Under each name is that delegate’s final vote on the bill (passage or last substantive vote). Delegates who didn’t vote on it, for example because they weren’t serving, are grayed out and left out of the Total column.
None of the organizations that lobbied this bill gave money we could match to a South Carolina delegate.