Protect Children’s Innocence Act

Sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) · 44 active : 44 Republicans

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

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedDec 17, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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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.

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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.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On PassagePassed216 yea, 211 nayDecember 17, 2025 · Roll call 351

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	38	5	13%
Middle	164	1	1%
Entrenched	220	1	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Child health
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug therapy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Surgery and anesthesia

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

44Swing 70–100
197Middle 30–70
190Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 26.5 (needs 5.0).

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PassedSame policy area×0.5

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Cosponsors

44 active

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Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
Andy Harris (R-MD-1)
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13)
Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
David Kustoff (R-TN-8)
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)
Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2)
Eric Burlison (R-MO-7)
Gary J. Palmer

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 89 Swing (today: 92)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today90Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 85 Swing (today: 90)
ContactCall
3
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:NayBroke with partyProjected at the vote: 83 Swing (today: 89)
Contact
4
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:NayBroke with partyProjected at the vote: 83 Swing (today: 88)
Contact
5
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 83 Swing (today: 88)
ContactCall
6
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:YeaBroke with partyProjected at the vote: 81 Swing (today: 88)
Contact
7
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today86Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 80 Swing (today: 86)
ContactCall
8
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today85Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 78 Swing (today: 85)
ContactCall
9
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today84Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 78 Swing (today: 84)
ContactCall
10
Josh GottheimerDemocrat · New Jersey 5th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Today84Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 17, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 77 Swing (today: 84)
ContactCall