.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely end up being the first specific girls's sportsmen to be awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey declared Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed your home of Agents and would be sent out to President Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor King, the ping pong Hall of Famer and protestor, had actually passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a statement that Master's "life-time of campaigning for as well as effort transformed the yard for females and also gals on the court, in the classroom, as well as the workplace." The expense was introduced in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Fight of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong match of perpetuity. The award, granted by Our lawmakers for notable accomplishments as well as payments to culture, has earlier been actually provided professional athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and golf players Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had presently been actually rewarded the Governmental Medal of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, states she possesses "busted barriers, led undiscovered roads, and also encouraged numerous folks to stand proudly with nerve and also principle in the fight for what corrects.".