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S. 1147

U.S. SenateIn Senate Committee

Summary

S. 1147, the Defining Male and Female Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 26, 2025 by Sen. Roger Marshall (R) with 5 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Mar 26, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


Record

Text

S. 1147 has 5 co-sponsors.

sb1147/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1147 IS: Defining Male and Female Act of 2025
U.S. Senate
2025-03-26
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1147 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2025 Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Sheehy , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and Mr. Ricketts ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL
To establish clear and consistent biological definitions of male and female.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Defining Male and Female Act of 2025 .
2.
Definition of sex , male , female , and related terms
Chapter 1 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
9.
Definition of sex , male , female , and related terms
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various departments and Federal agencies of the United States, the term—
(1)
boy means a minor human male;
(2)
father means a male parent;
(3)
female , when used to refer to a natural person, means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs (ova);
(4)
gender identity means an identity that reflects an internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from biological reality and sex and existing on an indeterminate continuum, and, because such an identity does not provide a meaningful basis for identification for purposes of Federal law, the term shall not be recognized by the Federal Government as a replacement for sex;
(5)
girl means a minor human female;
(6)
male , when used to refer to a natural person, means a person belonging, at conception, to the biological sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing sperm;
(7)
man , except when used as a generic reference to human beings, means an adult human male;
(8)
mother means a female parent;
(9)
sex , when referring to a natural person's individual’s sex, means the person’s immutable biological classification as either male or female, as biologically determined and defined by this section; and
(10)
woman means an adult human female.
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Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-03-26
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to establish clear and consistent biological definitions of male and female.

Sponsors

Sen. Roger Marshall (R) sponsors S. 1147, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1147 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Mar 26, 2025

Actions

S. 1147 has taken 2 actions since Mar 26, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 26, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1147 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 1147, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 1147 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Defining Male and Female Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Defining Male and Female Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to establish clear and consistent biological definitions of male and female. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 6 registered lobbyists who named S. 1147 in 7 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Defense, Education, Foreign Relations, Health Issues, Housing, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNDistrict of Columbia15
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOMReligious Liberty, Life, Parental Rights, Free SpeechVirginia11
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCILDistrict of Columbia11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN15
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM11
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL11

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN2026 second_quarter$223.7K2nd Quarter - Report
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN2025 fourth_quarter$216.2K4th Quarter - Report
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN2025 second_quarter$204K2nd Quarter - Report
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN2026 first_quarter$174.3K1st Quarter - Report
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN2025 third_quarter$155.6K3rd Quarter - Report
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOMALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM2025 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCILFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL2025 first_quarter1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1147 under Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1147’s is Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

s1147/policy-areas.txt
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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