# 116-hr-8012: Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020

116-hr-8012, Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8012
- Congress: 116
- Title: Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced: 2020-08-11
- Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020 This bill establishes a new criminal offense for performing gender reassignment medical interventions on minors. It also provides that a minor who receives such an intervention may bring a civil action against each person who performed that intervention. The bill defines these interventions as certain surgeries or the use of hormones to change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. It excludes, however, interventions in cases where an individual has ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or where a physician has determined that an individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action. An individual who performs these interventions on a minor is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. A minor who receives these medical interventions may not be arrested or prosecuted for an offense under this bill.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] (R-AL), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spano, Ross [R-FL-15] (R-FL), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] (R-GA), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2020-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2020-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2020-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-8353: Women’s Public Health and Safety Act
- 116-hr-8013: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-8012 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8012)

## Related
- [116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6742)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-8353: Women’s Public Health and Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8353)
- [116-hr-8013: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8013)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8012 (as of 2025-11-18).