South Carolina H 4915: Women's Sports

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2025-2026 Bill 4915 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 23, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4915

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A house RESOLUTION

TO call on Congress to REAFFIRM TITLE IX'S 
PROTECTIONs THAT AFFORD every woman and girl equal opportunities in athletics 
and to urge the supreme Court of the United States to uphold THE authority OF 
EVERY STATE to ensure women's sports are reserved for females ONLY.

Whereas, with 
respect to biological sex, a person is either male or female; and

Whereas, there 
are inherent and enduring biological differences between males and females that 
put males at a competitive advantage in sports and jeopardize women's safety 
and privacy when they have to compete against males; and

Whereas, for 
more than fifty years, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
Section 1681, et seq.) has guaranteed that no person shall, on the basis of 
sex, be excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of any federally 
funded education program; and

Whereas, Title 
IX's protections have historically recognized the biological differences 
between males and females, including sex-specific athletic teams in educational 
institutions to ensure equal opportunities for women and girls; and

Whereas, having 
separate sex-specific teams furthers efforts to promote sex equality by 
providing opportunities for female athletes to demonstrate their skill, 
strength, and athletic abilities while also providing them with opportunities 
to obtain recognition, accolades, college scholarships, and the numerous other 
long-term benefits that flow from success in athletic endeavors; and

Whereas, 
allowing males to compete in women's sports reverses fifty years of advancement 
for women; and

Whereas, science 
and common sense tell us that males generally have bigger bodies, larger hearts 
and lungs, denser bones, and stronger muscles than females, giving them a 
competitive advantage that cannot be undone with testosterone suppression; and

Whereas, in 
2022, a male named Lia Thomas broke six records at the Ivy League Women's 
Championships, won four women's Ivy League championships, and won a women's 
NCAA championship in the 500-yard freestyle, beating two former Olympic 
medalists; and

Whereas, 
allowing males to compete in contact sports creates significant risks of 
physical harm; and

Whereas, in 
North Carolina, seventeen-year-old Payton McNabb suffered partial paralysis 
after competing against a male volleyball player who spiked the ball so hard it 
caused her severe head and neck injuries; and

Whereas, 
maintaining separate female sports teams based on sex promotes the safety of 
female athletes by protecting them from predictable and preventable injuries 
that could result from forcing girls to compete against male athletes; and

Whereas, 
allowing men into female-only spaces, including locker rooms, changing areas, 
restrooms, and overnight sleeping accommodations, erases the privacy and safety 
those spaces were built to protect; and

Whereas, in West 
Virginia, a seventh-grade girl named Adaleia Cross was forced to share a locker 
room and compete with a male athlete. That athlete sexually harassed Adaleia in 
the girls' locker room and took her spot in a championship track-and-field 
event. The distress robbed her of much of her passion for sports; and

Whereas, no 
person should have to compromise their dignity or privacy to validate someone 
else's subjective perception of their identity; and

Whereas, South 
Carolina enacted the Save Women's Sports Act in 2022, joining more than half 
the country in protecting fairness in women's sports; and

Whereas, the 
South Carolina House of Representatives recognizes and respects the 
physiological differences between the two sexes and is committed to protecting 
fairness in women's sports and safeguarding women's safety and privacy; and

Whereas, the 
South Carolina House of Representatives calls on Congress to enact federal 
legislation to reaffirm that Title IX guarantees every woman and girl equal 
opportunities in athletics and that allowing males to compete on women's teams 
or access women's private spaces violates Title IX; and

Whereas, the 
South Carolina House of Representatives urges the Supreme Court of the United 
States to uphold each state's authority to ensure the category of women's 
sports are reserved for females only and allow states to restore common sense, 
fairness, and safety in women's sports by recognizing biological truth. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by 
the House of Representatives:

That the members 
of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, call on Congress to reaffirm Title IX's protections that 
afford every woman and girl equal opportunities in athletics and urge th