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US SB1658

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jim Banks

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Prohibits federally-funded adoption and foster care agencies from delaying or denying placements to parents who raise children consistent with the child's biological sex

  • Protects prospective adoptive and foster parents who decline to consent to medical, surgical, pharmacological, or psychological treatments intended to alter a child's appearance or validate a perception inconsistent with the child's biological sex

  • Protects parents who refuse to consent to changes on a child's birth certificate, passport, driver's license, school records, or government ID that would be inconsistent with the child's biological sex

  • Defines "sex" as biological sex (male or female) based on reproductive system characteristics

  • Takes effect on the first day of the first fiscal quarter after enactment, with delayed implementation allowed for states requiring legislative action

Legislative Description

SAFE Home Act Sensible Adoption For Every Home Act

Families

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

5/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance5/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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