Protect Children’s Innocence Act

Summary

Protect Children's Innocence Act This bill places restrictions on the provision of gender affirming care. Gender affirming care includes performing surgery, administering medication, or performing other procedures for the purpose of changing the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that differs from the individual's biological sex. Specifically, the bill makes it a felony to perform any gender affirming care on a minor and it permits a minor on whom such care is performed to bring a civil action against each individual who provided the care. Additionally, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for gender affirming care or for health insurance that covers such care. Such care may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. The bill also prohibits qualified health plans from including coverage for gender affirming care. Further, plans that include coverage for such care are not eligible for federal subsidies. Finally, the bill prohibits institutions of higher education from offering instruction in gender affirming care. It also makes any non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) who performs gender affirming care on a minor deportable and inadmissible to the United States. The restrictions under this bill do not apply to the provision of care under certain circumstances such as when an individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action.

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Timeline

1. 19 August 2022

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 August 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 August 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 1 November 2022

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 19 August 2022 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 August 2022

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 August 2022

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 August 2022

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Sponsors

• Marjorie Greene · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] · R · Sponsor
• Jeff Duncan · R · Sponsor
• Bob Good · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] · R · Sponsor
• Matt Gaetz · R · Sponsor
• Tony Gonzales · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] · R · Sponsor
• Burgess Owens · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] · R · Sponsor
• Lance Gooden · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R · Cosponsor
• Jim Banks · R · Cosponsor
• Ronny Jackson · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] · R · Cosponsor
• Louie Gohmert · R · Cosponsor
• Jefferson Van Drew · R · Cosponsor
• Madison Cawthorn · R · Cosponsor
• Fred Keller · R · Cosponsor
• W. Steube · R · Cosponsor
• Brian Babin · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] · R · Cosponsor
• Matthew Rosendale · R · Cosponsor
• Doug Lamborn · R · Cosponsor
• Daniel Meuser · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · R · Cosponsor
• Vicky Hartzler · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Barry Loudermilk · R · Cosponsor
• Kevin Hern · R · Cosponsor
• Tracey Mann · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] · R · Cosponsor
• William Timmons · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] · R · Cosponsor
• Jerry Carl · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] · R · Cosponsor
• David Rouzer · R · Cosponsor
• Debbie Lesko · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] · R · Cosponsor

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Related records

• related to → End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021
• related to → End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021
• related to → Protect Children’s Innocence Act