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H.R. 3492 · 119th Congress

Protect Children’s Innocence Act

Introduced May 19, 2025Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 broadens the scope of prohibited conduct to include the facilitation or consent to FGM by any person (currently, prohibited facilitation or consent applies only to a parent, guardian, or caretaker of the minor). The bill also prohibits the arrest or prosecution of an individual who undergoes FGM. The bill does not change the applicable criminal penalty of a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 211 (Roll no. 351). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5992-5993)

  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 211 (Roll no. 351).

  5. House

    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 218 (Roll no. 350).

  6. House

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6008-6009)

  7. House

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3492, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Balint demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  8. House

    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

  9. House

    Ms. Balint moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H5999-6000)

  10. House

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  11. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3492.

  12. House

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6703, H.R. 498 and H.R. 3492. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6703 and H.R. 498 under a closed rule and H.R. 3492 under a structured rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.

Show 9 earlier actions
  1. House

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 953. (consideration: CR H5992-6000)

  2. House

    Rule H. Res. 953 passed House.

  3. House

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 953 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6703, H.R. 498 and H.R. 3492. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6703 and H.R. 498 under a closed rule and H.R. 3492 under a structured rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.

  4. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 265.

  5. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-311.

  6. House

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.

  7. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  8. House

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  9. Introduced in House