Over 400 human rights organizations had asked the Republican-controlled chamber to reject the bill, which "does not address the longstanding barriers all girls and women have faced in their pursuit of athletics.

A measure that would bar transgender students from participating on women’s school sports teams consistent with their gender identity passed the U.S. House on Tuesday. The legislation — which advanced 218-206 — came as an increasing number of states have passed laws banning trans athletes from participating in sports in K-12 schools and colleges that align with their gender

The new House made transgender students in sports one of its first priorities for 2025. The bill’s path in the Senate is unclear.

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions.

House Democrats are railing against a bill that seeks to bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, an issue Republicans heavily campaigned on in the 2024 election. Republicans made the subject a central focus in a barrage of attack ads in the lead-up to the November election,

Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, were the only Democrats to side with Republicans Tuesday to pass legislation meant to bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.