United StatesProtect Children’s Innocence Act
What it does
This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for providing gender-affirming care to minors. The bill also changes the existing federal criminal offense that prohibits female genital mutilation (FGM) and related conduct.
More detail
Specifically, the bill makes it a federal crime to knowingly perform or attempt to perform procedures or provide medications (e.g., hormonal treatments) to a minor for the purpose of changing their body to correspond to a sex that differs from their biological sex. The bill provides exceptions for specified types of surgeries or procedures, including those for treating (1) individuals who have both ovarian and testicular tissue or abnormal sex chromosome structure or hormones, or (2) infections or other harms that result from a previous gender-transition procedure. A violation is punishable by a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. The bill prohibits the arrest or prosecution of an individual who undergoes gender-affirming procedures or medications.
Additionally, the bill makes changes to the existing federal criminal prohibition on performing FGM on a minor and related conduct. Among the changes, the bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct to include the facilitation or consent to FGM by any person (currently, prohibited facilitation or consent applies only to a parent, guardian, or caretaker of the minor). The bill also prohibits the arrest or prosecution of an individual who undergoes FGM. The bill does not change the applicable criminal penalty of a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2025
- Dec 18Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Latest
- Dec 17Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 953 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6703, H.R. 498 and H.R. 3492. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6703 and H.R. 498 under a closed rule and H.R. 3492 under a structured rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Vote recorded On Passage. Result: Passed.House
- Vote recorded On Motion to Recommit. Result: Failed.House
- Dec 17Rule H. Res. 953 passed House.
- Dec 17Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 953. (consideration: CR H5992-6000)
- Dec 17Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6703, H.R. 498 and H.R. 3492. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6703 and H.R. 498 under a closed rule and H.R. 3492 under a structured rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Dec 17DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3492.
- Dec 17The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Dec 17Ms. Balint moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H5999-6000)
- Dec 17The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Dec 17POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3492, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Balint demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Dec 17Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6008-6009)
- Dec 17On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 218 (Roll no. 350).
- Dec 17Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 211 (Roll no. 351).Passed House
- Dec 17On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 211 (Roll no. 351). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5992-5993)
- Dec 17Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-311.
- Sep 26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 265.
- Jun 10Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 10Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.
- May 19Introduced in House
- May 19Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Introduced