Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015
Latest action · May 21, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3245-3246)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015
Expresses the sense of the Senate that conversion therapy directed at minors is discredited and ineffective, has no legitimate therapeutic purpose, and is dangerous and harmful.
Defines "conversion therapy" as any practice by a licensed, certified, or registered mental health provider, health care provider, or counselor seeking or purporting to impose change of an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Excludes from such definition counseling that does not seek to change sexual orientation or gender identity or expression if such counseling provides: (1) acceptance, support, and understanding of an individual; (2) facilitation for coping, social support, and identity exploration and development of an individual; (3) developmentally appropriate counseling for an individual undergoing gender transition; or (4) sexual orientation- and gender identity-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices.
Encourages states to protect minors from efforts that promote or promise to change sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, based on the premise that being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or gender nonconforming is a mental illness or developmental disorder that can or should be cured.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2015 to Feb 4, 2016; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | May 21, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 21, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2015Introduced in Senate
- May 21, 2015Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3245-3246)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S3245 | — | May 21, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 36 | Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 17, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that conversion therapy, including efforts by mental health practitioners to change the sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of an individual, is dangerous and harmful and should be prohibited from being practiced on minors.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2015Introduced in Senate
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