House GOPers File Discharge Petition on Bill Seeking to Protect Women’s Sports

A protester holds a sign outside the arena where Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas was competing in the 500-yard freestyle final at the NCAA women's swimming and diving championships, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga., on March 17, 2022. John Bazemore/AP Photo

Facing refusal by Democratic leaders to allow the House of Representatives to vote on legislation that protects women’s sports, Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) filed a discharge petition on behalf of H.R. 426, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021.

First filed by Steube in January 2021, House Democratic leaders have kept H.R. 426 bottled up in the House Committee on Education and Labor without a hearing.