State Senate Votes To Ban Transgender Athletes

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate is backing a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports at the collegiate and K-12 levels. However, the Republican-penned bill that passed Tuesday is unlikely to get a vote in the state’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. The bill passed, 32-18, marking the second time the GOP-controlled Senate has passed it. An earlier attempt, with a Republican-controlled House, met then-Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto in 2022. The bill applies to participation in girls’ and women’s sports that are sponsored by public schools, public universities and publicly chartered community colleges. This bill comes after President Donald Trump declared his intent to “keep men out of women’s sports.”