Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020

Summary

Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020 This bill establishes a new criminal offense for performing gender reassignment medical interventions on minors. It also provides that a minor who receives such an intervention may bring a civil action against each person who performed that intervention. The bill defines these interventions as certain surgeries or the use of hormones to change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. It excludes, however, interventions in cases where an individual has ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or where a physician has determined that an individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action. An individual who performs these interventions on a minor is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. A minor who receives these medical interventions may not be arrested or prosecuted for an offense under this bill.

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Timeline

1. 11 August 2020

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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2. 11 August 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 11 August 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 11 August 2020 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 August 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 August 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 August 2020

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Sponsors

• Doug LaMalfa · R · Sponsor
• Ralph Norman · R · Sponsor
• Robert Aderholt · R · Sponsor
• Ross Spano · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] · R · Sponsor
• Steve King · R · Sponsor
• W. Steube · R · Sponsor
• Bill Flores · R · Sponsor
• Jody Hice · R · Sponsor
• Debbie Lesko · R · Cosponsor
• Ron Wright · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Roger Marshall · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

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