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House-passed bill would criminalize gender-transition care for minors

Passed one chamberH.R. 3492Latest action

Sponsor: Marjorie Taylor Greene · Representative · GA

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Official title: Protect Children’s Innocence Act

119th Congress

Topics: Crime & justice

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HR 3492 would make gender-transition surgeries and hormone treatments for minors a federal crime carrying up to 10 years in prison.

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What does this do?

This bill expands an existing federal ban on female genital mutilation to also criminalize gender-transition-related surgeries and "chemical castration" (puberty blockers or hormones at levels differing from a person's birth sex) performed on minors. Violators would face up to 10 years in prison, and the law applies nationwide whenever there's a federal connection like interstate travel, mail, internet use, or payment through interstate commerce. Exceptions exist for standard medical care, intersex conditions, medically necessary treatment, and precocious puberty.

Who does it affect?

The bill affects doctors, medical providers, and parents or guardians involved in these decisions, as well as transgender minors and their families who would lose access to these treatments; only adults who perform, arrange, or facilitate the procedures face punishment, not the minors themselves.

Why does it matter?

If enacted, transgender youth and their families would no longer have legal access to these treatments in the United States, while adults seeking the same treatments would be unaffected. The bill has passed the House and awaits Senate Judiciary Committee action, so it is not yet law.

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  1. IntroducedMay 19, 2025
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. SenateYou are here · Dec 18, 2025
  5. The president's desk

Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.

Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Data as of October 9, 2026

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Roll-call votes recorded since January 3, 2025.

  1. House · · Roll call 351

    As recorded

    Question
    On Passage
    Result:
    Passed
    216
    Nay
    211
    0
    6

    Republicans 213 yes, 4 no, 3 not voting · Democrats 3 yes, 207 no, 3 not voting

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  2. House · · Roll call 350

    As recorded

    Question
    On
    Result:
    Failed
    210
    Nay
    218
    0
    5

    Republicans 218 no, 2 not voting · Democrats 210 yes, 3 not voting

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