# 119-s-543: Fair Play for Women Act 119-s-543, Fair Play for Women Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-543 - As of: 2025-12-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-543 - Congress: 119 - Title: Fair Play for Women Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT) - Cosponsors: 4 - Policy area: Sports and Recreation - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2025-12-21 ## Summary **Promote gender equity in school and college athletics by strengthening Title IX protections and forcing clearer, sport‑level transparency.** The bill would tighten nondiscrimination rules, require annual training, and mandate public reporting to reveal gaps in opportunities and resources for women and girls. - Students and families would get team‑level data on participation, spending, coaches, trainers, scheduling, and postseason access so they can see sex and race gaps at individual schools. - Elementary and secondary schools would submit annual reports on participants, expenditures, coach and trainer staffing, and event schedules and must make those reports available to students and parents by October 15. - Colleges and intercollegiate associations would report sport‑by‑sport revenues, expenses, scholarships, coach compensation and buyouts, counts of men practicing on women’s teams, and certify Title IX compliance. - Athletic associations and covered schools would provide annual employee training on the law. - Individuals could sue for violations and seek compensatory or punitive damages and attorney’s fees. ## Cosponsors (4) - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Ban sex discrimination in K-12 sports: benefit, high. If enacted, State athletic associations and local school agencies could not discriminate by sex in elementary and secondary athletics. The ban would cover team rules, which sports are required for membership or championships, locations, facilities, and amenities. The rule would take effect upon ena… - Right to sue over sports bias: benefit, medium. If enacted, people who try to play or have played covered school or college sports could sue in State or Federal court. Plaintiffs could seek compensatory and punitive damages, plus attorney and expert fees. This would apply to athletics run by colleges, state athletic associations, local school ag… - Ban sex discrimination in college sports: benefit, medium. If enacted, intercollegiate athletic associations and colleges that get Federal funds could not discriminate by sex in college athletics. The ban would cover team rules, competitions and championships, facilities, services or benefits, and how revenues or other benefits are shared. Findings of viol… - Biennial nationwide equity report: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Education Secretary would publish a national gender equity report no later than 2 years after enactment and every 2 years after that. The report would use college reporting data to show participant gaps, funding gaps, and trends, with results broken out by institution. - Enforcement and civil penalties yearly: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Education Secretary would each year list schools and institutions that were not following Title IX or the Act in the prior year. The Secretary could impose civil penalties for past noncompliance. Entities noncompliant in 2 or more of the prior 5 years would have to file a plan to co… - Public list of Title IX coordinators: benefit, low. If enacted, the Education Secretary would make and publish a public list of Title IX coordinators. The list must include at least each coordinator's name, phone number, and email, and be on the same public site used for higher education reports. - K-12 school sports yearly reports: mixed, high. If enacted, each coed elementary and secondary school that gets Federal money and runs sports must publish a yearly report on the prior school year. Reports must list enrollment by sex and race, team participants by sex/race/level, detailed spending by category, coach and trainer pay and counts, sc… - Annual Title IX training rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require annual training on this Act and Title IX rights for athletic staff and athletes. Colleges must ensure athletic staff get yearly training and give postsecondary athletes training from an expert who is not in the athletic department. Local school Title IX coordinato… - Expanded college athletics reporting: mixed, medium. If enacted, colleges that get Federal funds must report sport-by-sport data each year. Reports must include participant counts (including club and intramural), scholarships and average amounts, revenues and expenses by sport, coach pay and buyouts, race and ethnicity data, and counts of men practic… ## Related bills - 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act - 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 ## Sources - [119-s-543 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/543) ## Related - [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066) - [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990) - [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823) - [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-543 (as of 2025-12-21).