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
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 4 bills
- Derived 44 bills
- Shares provisions 48 bills
- 0 bills
Bills matched to this model bill
Near-verbatim (4)
These bills carry the template's text nearly word for word.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV HB 4635 (2020) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| GA HB 401 (2021) | Georgia | Failed | |
| WV HB 2171 (2021) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| WV HB 2171 (2022) | West Virginia | Failed |
4 bills
Data as of November 3, 2026.