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2025-12-05T08:37:45Z
2025-12-05T08:37:45Z
House
H
HR
2023-02-01
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/736
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALBERG:H.R. 736.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:To require elementary and middle schools that receiveFederal funds to obtain parental consent before changing aminor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name onany school form or allowing a child to change the child'ssex-based accommodations, including locker rooms orbathrooms.[Page H630]
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Standing
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  - Markup By
2024-09-11T20:23:36Z
  - Referred To
2023-02-01T15:00:20Z
H. Rept. 118-706

- PROTECT Kids Act
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2023-02-01
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2024-10-01
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 599.
Calendars
H12410
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House floor actions
- 2024-10-01
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-706.
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Education and Workforce Committee
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- 2023-02-01
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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- 2023-02-01
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Walberg
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MI
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Dunn
R
FL
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2023-03-01
False
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Nathaniel
Moran
R
TX
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2023-03-03
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R
IL
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2023-03-03
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MI
C.
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2023-03-08
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GA
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2023-03-08
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SC
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2023-03-22
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NY
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2023-04-17
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H.R. 736, PROTECT Kids Act
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60813
As reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 1, 2024
Education
- Elementary and secondary education
2024-09-27T14:37:30Z
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
2024-09-27T14:37:35Z
Education
2023-03-27T15:32:40Z
00
2023-02-01
Introduced in House
2023-03-30T18:54:44Z
Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act or the PROTECT Kids Act
This bill requires elementary and middle schools, as a condition of receiving federal funds, to obtain parental consent under specified circumstances.
Specifically, an elementary school or a school consisting of only grades 5-8 must obtain parental consent before (1) changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or (2) allowing a child to change the child's sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.

PROTECT Kids Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
102

PROTECT Kids Act
2024-10-02T04:23:13Z
H
House
Reported in House
RH
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
102

Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act
2024-10-02T04:23:13Z
H
House
Reported in House
RH
- Display Title
45

PROTECT Kids Act
2024-07-24T15:23:27Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

PROTECT Kids Act
2024-05-24T13:41:51Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act
2024-05-24T13:41:51Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or allowing a child to change the child's sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
2024-03-18T20:16:34Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Reported in House
2024-10-01T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr736rh/xml/BILLS-118hr736rh.xml
- Introduced in House
2023-02-01T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr736ih/xml/BILLS-118hr736ih.xml
2024-10-01
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 599.
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