Vulnerable Child Protection Act

Anti-LGBTQ+ Stand-in bill

A model bill that first appeared in 2019. 96 bills in 25 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.

Subject
Gender-affirming care bans
First appeared
2019
Where its text comes from
Stand-in bill. Its text is taken from an introduced bill used in place of a model-bill document: GA HB 1060 (2020), SD HB 1057 (2020).
Credited to
Alliance Defending Freedom, American College of Pediatricians, Child and Parental Rights Campaign, Eagle Forum, Liberty Counsel, Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine
Years filed
2020–2026
States
Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia

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Shares provisions (48, continued)

These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
SD SB 93 (2020)South DakotaFailed
AZ SB 1511 (2021)ArizonaFailed
KY HB 336 (2021)KentuckyFailed
MT HB 427 (2021)MontanaFailed
OH HB 454 (2021)OhioFailed
TX HB 133 (2021)TexasFailed
TX HB 166 (2021)TexasFailed
TX HB 26 (2021)TexasFailed
TX HB 2693 (2021)TexasFailed
TX HB 65 (2021)TexasFailed
TX HB 68 (2021)TexasFailed
TX HB 89 (2021)TexasFailed
TX SB 1311 (2021)TexasFailed
TX SB 17 (2021)TexasFailed
TX SB 18 (2021)TexasFailed
TX SB 22 (2021)TexasFailed
AZ SB 1130 (2022)ArizonaFailed
ID H 675 (2022)IdahoFailed
LA HB 570 (2022)LouisianaFailed
SC H 4047 (2022)South CarolinaFailed
IA HF 623 (2023)IowaFailed
IA HSB 214 (2023)IowaFailed
IA SF 538 (2023)IowaEnacted
IA SSB 1197 (2023)IowaFailed
ID H 71 (2023)IdahoEnacted
LA HB 463 (2023)LouisianaFailed
MS HB 1124 (2023)MississippiFailed
MS HB 576 (2023)MississippiFailed
MS SB 2760 (2023)MississippiFailed
MT SB 99 (2023)MontanaEnacted
SC H 3551 (2023)South CarolinaFailed
SD HB 1080 (2023)South DakotaEnacted
TX HB 42 (2023)TexasFailed
TX SB 250 (2023)TexasFailed
WV SB 692 (2023)West VirginiaFailed
AZ SB 1451 (2024)ArizonaFailed
ID H 421 (2024)IdahoEnacted
ID H 668 (2024)IdahoEnacted
KS SB 233 (2024)KansasVetoed
KS SB 353 (2024)KansasFailed
MD HB 722 (2024)MarylandFailed
WA HB 2241 (2024)WashingtonFailed
WI AB 729 (2024)WisconsinFailed
WI SB 704 (2024)WisconsinFailed
WV SB 299 (2025)West VirginiaEnacted
WA HB 1038 (2026)WashingtonFailed

All model bills and families

Data as of November 3, 2026.