Authorizes civil lawsuits and $250,000 liquidated damages against providers of gender-affirming care to minors, and defines sex strictly as biological with gender as synonym for sex, so less access to gender-transition medical care for minors.
an individual on whom gender-affirming care was performed while such individual was a minor, in a circumstance described in paragraph (3) may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against each person who performed the gender-affirming care for relief set forth in paragraph (2).
Defines 'sex' as biological (reproductive system for eggs or sperm) and 'gender' explicitly as synonym for sex and not as gender identity, so less legal recognition of gender identity.
The term ``sex'' means the biological determination as to whether an individual is male or female, as such terms are defined in this section.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2025-08-12: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a private right of action with substantial damages against anyone who provided gender-affirming medical care (including puberty blockers, hormones, and listed surgeries) to a minor if any interstate-commerce nexus exists, which restricts access to transgender healthcare for minors. It also adds statutory definitions that equate gender with biological sex and exclude gender identity concepts, restricting legal recognition of transgender identity. No provisions address abortion, firearms, or immigration enforcement.
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