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Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020

USA116th CongressHR-8012| House 
| Updated: 8/11/2020
Doug LaMalfa

Doug LaMalfa

Republican Representative

California

Cosponsors (12)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Steve King (Republican)Glenn Grothman (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)Ron Wright (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Robert B. Aderholt (Republican)Ross Spano (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020 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.
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Timeline
Aug 11, 2020
Introduced in House
Aug 11, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • August 11, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • August 11, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Child healthCivil actions and liabilityCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationMedical ethicsSex and reproductive healthSurgery and anesthesia

Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020

USA116th CongressHR-8012| House 
| Updated: 8/11/2020
Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020 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.
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Timeline
Aug 11, 2020
Introduced in House
Aug 11, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • August 11, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • August 11, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Doug LaMalfa

Doug LaMalfa

Republican Representative

California

Cosponsors (12)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Steve King (Republican)Glenn Grothman (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)Ron Wright (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Robert B. Aderholt (Republican)Ross Spano (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Child healthCivil actions and liabilityCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationMedical ethicsSex and reproductive healthSurgery and anesthesia