H.R. 3492 · Passed House · Crime and Law Enforcement
Protect Children’s Innocence Act
What it does
- Makes it a federal crime to knowingly perform, or attempt to perform, procedures or provide medications such as hormones to a minor to change their body to a sex different from their biological sex.
- Exempts specified procedures, including treatment for individuals with both ovarian and testicular tissue or abnormal sex chromosomes or hormones, and for harms from a prior gender-transition procedure.
- Punishes a violation with a fine, up to 10 years in prison, or both, and bars prosecution of the minor who undergoes the procedure.
- Broadens the federal ban on female genital mutilation of a minor to cover facilitation or consent by any person, not only a parent, guardian, or caretaker.
- Bars arrest or prosecution of an individual who undergoes female genital mutilation.
Official summary
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 procedures, including those for treating (1) individuals who have both ovarian and testicular tissue or abnormal sex chromosome structure or hormones, or (2) infections or other harms that result from a previous gender-transition procedure. A violation is punishable by a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. The bill prohibits the arrest or prosecution of an individual who undergoes gender-affirming procedures or medications. Additionally, the bill makes changes to the existing federal criminal prohibition on performing FGM on a minor and related conduct. Among the changes, the bill…
Latest action
Dec 18, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee: Senate Judiciary