THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
Federal HB8573 (2026)
STOP Act Safeguarding The Overall Protection of Minors Act
Anti-LGBTQ+
Summary
To prohibit gender transition procedures on minors, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose civil penalties on persons who perform gender transition proc…
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Session
- 119th Congress
- Stage reported
- Introduced
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Introduced in House
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Jun 4, 2026) at Congress.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Introduced in House | |
| House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
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