US EditionRepublican-Controlled State Senate Passed the "Save Women's Sports Act"
The 30-17 vote sends the Save Women’s Sports Act to the state House as supporters cite Title IX fairness and opponents warn it harms transgender youth.
- On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania state Senate passed Senate Bill 12-93, the Save Women's Sports Act, in a 30-17 vote. The legislation requires only biological females to compete on girls' and women's sports teams in public schools and colleges.
- Supporters argue the measure "protects fairness and opportunities for female athletes under Title IX." Republican senators maintained that voters want the bill to advance, citing 80% of Americans support a ban on transgender female athletes.
- Detractors labeled the bill "harmful to transgender youth" and argued that lawmakers "should focus on more urgent issues." Senate Bill 1293 allows students to take legal action if they are "harmed" by rule violations.
- The bill now moves to the Democrat-controlled state House, where similar legislation has stalled. Several Democrats, including Lisa Boscola, Marty Flynn, Nick Miller, and Christine Tartaglione, joined Republicans to support the measure.
- Pollster Berwood Yost of Franklin and Marshall College noted the issue is not in voters' top 10 priorities. ACLU-PA Senior Organizer Naiymah Sanchez argued inclusion "benefits every girl who steps onto a field or into a gym.
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Meadville Tribune
The Daily ItemSave Women's Sports Act again clears GOP-controlled Pa. Senate
HARRISBURG — The Republican majority in the Pennsylvania State Senate carried a second vote this legislative session in favor of a proposed bill to designate sports by biological sex and prevent transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
WFMZPa. senators passed a transgender female athlete ban. Will the House take it up?
Senate Bill 1293, dubbed the "Save Women's Sports Act" and a priority for Senate Republicans, would ban transgender female athletes from participating on girl's or women's teams in the commonwealth. But it doesn't appear to be a top issue for voters. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)Even as Republican state senators passed a second attempt to restrict transgender female athlete participation in Pennsylvania schools, leadership…
Senator Camera Bartolotta: Senate Acts to Protect Fairness in Women’s Sports - Beaver County Radio
(File Photo of Senator Camera Bartolotta) Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News (Harrisburg, PA) Senator Camera Bartolotta (R-46) said in Harrisburg yesterday that the Senate has approved legislation to protect the safety and opportunities of female athletes by requiring scholastic sports teams to be designated based on biological sex. Senate Bill 1293 would require public schools and colleges to label sports teams as male, female or coed. The …
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