HR 1417
117th Congress
House
Education
Athletes
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Genetics
Higher education
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021
Introduced: February 26, 2021
Introduced by:
Miller, Mary E.
Republican
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 26, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021
This bill addresses protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces. Sex is defined as sex determined solely by a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
The bill prohibits construing the provisions of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in a manner that would require forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces (such as bathrooms) and of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by educational institutions.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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