PROTECT Kids Act
Latest action · Oct 1, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 599.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act or the PROTECT Kids Act
This bill requires elementary and middle schools, as a condition of receiving federal funds, to obtain parental consent under specified circumstances.
Specifically, an elementary school or a school consisting of only grades 5-8 must obtain parental consent before (1) changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or (2) allowing a child to change the child's sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2023 to Sep 17, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Mar 1, 2023 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Mar 3, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Mar 3, 2023 | |
| R-MI | Lisa C. McClain | Mar 8, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Mar 8, 2023 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Mar 22, 2023 | |
| R-NY | George Santos | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Sep 17, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2023Markup Sep 11, 2024Reported Oct 1, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-706.
- Oct 1, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 599.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 11, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 12.
- Feb 1, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 7, 2024H.R. 736, PROTECT Kids ActAs reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 1, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 21, February 1, 2023, page H630.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 200 | PROTECT Kids Act | Identical bill | Feb 1, 2023 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or allowing a child to change the child's sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PROTECT Kids Act
- Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- PROTECT Kids Act
- Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2024Reported in House
- Feb 1, 2023Introduced 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.
