Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act
Latest action · Sep 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedSep 3, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act
This bill prohibits an elementary or secondary school from receiving federal funds unless the school notifies parents about a student's gender identity and obtains parental consent for any associated school accommodations.
Among other requirements, school employees may not withhold information from parents about a minor student's purported identity that is incongruent with the student's sex, the student's discomfort with their sex, or the student's desire to undergo a gender transition procedure. Schools must also obtain parental consent before proceeding with any accommodations for such students. The Department of Justice or a parent or guardian may bring a civil action against a school for violations.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 3, 2025 to Jan 7, 2026; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-SC | Sheri Biggs | Original | Sep 3, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Addison P. McDowell | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Jan 7, 2026 |
Withdrew 1 Dwight Evans D-PA Jan 20, 2026
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 Sep 3, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 144, September 3, 2025, page H3830.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2702 | Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act of 2025 | Related bill | Sep 3, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require elementary schools and secondary schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before facilitating a child's gender transition in any form, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2025Introduced 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.
