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US SB312

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Josh Hawley

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Creates a federal tort allowing individuals who received gender-transition procedures as minors to sue for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees if they suffer bodily injury or mental health harm

  • Establishes liability for pediatric gender clinics, medical practitioners who performed or worked at the clinic during procedures, and affiliated hospitals and universities

  • Defines covered gender-transition procedures as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical interventions performed on minors, with exceptions for individuals with intersex conditions or life-threatening medical emergencies

  • Allows lawsuits to be filed up to 30 years after the individual turns 18, and applies retroactively to procedures performed before the law's enactment

  • Prohibits federal funding to pediatric gender clinics, affiliated institutions, or for any gender-transition procedures performed on minors

Legislative Description

Jamie Reed Protecting Our Kids from Child Abuse Act

Health

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1/29/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/29/2025

Full Bill Text

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