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How has Jon Husted voted on women's sports?

Matches stated record claim. His one recorded vote was for starting debate on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act in March 2025; that vote fell short of 60, and the bill has had no final vote.

Jon Husted

Women's sports: his vote

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What they say

His Senate biography says he has voted to protect women, girls, and their sports.

“he has voted to protect women, girls, and their sports”

What the record shows ·

On March 3, 2025 he voted Yea on cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, which would have Title IX athletics recognise sex based solely on reproductive biology and genetics at birth. Cloture was not invoked, 51 to 45, short of the 60 needed (Roll Call 100), and the bill has had no vote on passage.

Limit: The one recorded vote is procedural: whether to begin debate, not whether to pass the bill. It is the vote his biography describes, and he cast it the way the biography says.

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  1. Abouthttps://www.husted.senate.gov/about/

    Office of Senator Jon Husted · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Released by his Senate office. Claims are the office's own and are attributed, not independently verified. His official biography: Speaker 2005 to 2009, EdChoice, secretary of state, lieutenant governor, and his Senate votes described in general terms. The office site has no issues page (/issues/ returns 404).

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  2. Senate Roll Call 100 (119th Congress), cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 9https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2025-03-03

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Yeas 51, nays 45; cloture needed 60 and was not invoked. Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.

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  3. S. 9, Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/9

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Tommy Tuberville. Cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked.

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