Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes federal criminal offenses for providing gender-affirming care to minors.

Highlights:

• Establishes federal criminal offenses for providing gender-affirming care to minors (Sec. 2).

• Classifies it as 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 (Sec. 2).

• Exempts specified types of surgeries or procedures, including those for treating the following (Sec. 2):

• Individuals who have both ovarian and testicular tissue or abnormal sex chromosome structure or hormones; or

• Infections or other harms that result from a previous gender-transition procedure.

• Establishes a penalty for violation of the previous of a fine, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits the arrest or prosecution of an individual who undergoes gender-affirming procedures or medications (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits the facilitation or consent to female genital mutilation (FGM) by any person (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits the arrest or prosecution of an individual who undergoes FGM (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the criminal penalty for violation of prohibitions against FGM remains unchanged, and may include a fine, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text