Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021
Latest action · May 18, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021
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.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2021 to Jul 27, 2022; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| R-MI | Lisa C. McClain | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Nov 3, 2021 | |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Mar 21, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Jul 27, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 49, March 16, 2021, page H1414.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 778 | Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Mar 16, 2021 |
| HR 8012 | Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Aug 11, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gender reassignment medical interventions on minors, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
