Protect Children’s Innocence Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-05-19
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” Read the full text
Crime and Law Enforcement
What it does
Protect Children’s Innocence Act of 2025 This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for providing gender-affirming care to minors. The bill also changes the existing federal criminal offense that prohibits female genital mutilation (FGM) and related conduct. Specifically, the bill makes it a federal crime to knowingly perform or attempt to perform procedures or provide medications (e.g., hormonal treatments) to a minor for the purpose of changing their body to correspond to a sex that differs from their biological sex. The bill provides exceptions for specified types of surgeries or proce
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-05-19
In the House.
Passed the House · 2025-12-17
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
45
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONvia AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
5 filingsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNvia HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
4 filingsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOMvia ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
3 filingsAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
3 filingsAMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
3 filingsNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERSvia MASON CONSULTING, LLC
3 filingsAMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECTvia AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT
2 filingsPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCvia PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.
2 filingsFrom 31 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (2025-12-18).