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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 9: 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.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 9 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Judy Ward (Republican). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 1, 2026): Re-referred to Health.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Judy WardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Lisa BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Michele BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Rosemary BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Lynda CulverCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Cris DushCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Frank FarryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Chris GebhardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate48
Scott HutchinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Dawn KeeferCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Wayne LangerholcCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Scott MartinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Doug MastrianoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Kristin Phillips-HillCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Greg RothmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate34
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Kim WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Re-referred to Health
  2. Re-reported with request to re-refer to Health
  3. Re-referred to Judiciary
  4. Reported with request to re-refer to Judiciary
  5. Re-referred to Health
  6. Reported with request to re-refer to Health
  7. Re-referred to Children & Youth
  8. Reported with request to re-refer to Children & Youth
  9. Re-referred to Judiciary
  10. Reported with request to re-refer to Judiciary
  11. Re-referred to Health
  12. Reported with request to re-refer to Health

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source