United StatesBans gender transition procedures for minors and funds detransition support
This bill would change what medical and mental-health treatments minors can receive and create legal penalties plus federal support for detransition services.
What it does
Makes it unlawful to perform or assist any gender-transition procedure on a minor in circumstances tied to interstate commerce.
Defines 'gender transition procedure' very broadly to include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, many surgeries, cosmetic feminizing/masculinizing procedures, and removal of healthy tissue.
Creates civil penalties (minimum $100,000 per violation), a federal compensation fund, and allows the Attorney General to collect assessed penalties.
Authorizes private lawsuits by affected minors (through parents/guardians/caretakers) for compensatory, emotional, and punitive damages, with a long statute of limitations.
Establishes an HHS grant program to fund nonprofits providing information, referrals, and services to reverse gender-transition procedures, while excluding entities that perform or promote transition procedures or most abortions.
Argument forProtects minors from irreversible medical and surgical interventions by banning such procedures and defining a wide range of interventions as prohibited for minors.
Argument againstBroad federal prohibition could restrict access to care that some medical groups consider appropriate, and it limits deference to prevailing standards of care.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 29Introduced in HouseLatest
- Apr 29Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.Introduced
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