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H.R.8731: Protect Children’s Innocence Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 117th Congress
- This bill is primarily about health
- Introduced Aug. 19, 2022
- Latest Major Action Nov. 1, 2022
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
49 (All Republicans)
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - Aug. 19, 2022
Bill Summary
Protect Children's Innocence Act This bill places restrictions on the provision of gender affirming care. Gender affirming care includes performing surgery, administering medication, or performing other procedures for the purpose of changing the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that differs from the individual's biological sex. Specifically, the bill makes it a felony to perform any gender affirming care on a minor and it permits a...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
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Nov. 1, 2022 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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Nov. 1, 2022 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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Aug. 19, 2022 |
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Aug. 19, 2022 |
Introduced in the House by Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) |