# 119-hr-8573: STOP Act

119-hr-8573, STOP Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8573
- Congress: 119
- Title: STOP Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Bans gender transition procedures for minors.** The bill would bar anyone from performing, aiding, or facilitating medical or surgical gender transition procedures on people under 18 and pairs that ban with civil penalties and a grant program to support detransition care.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3] (R-IN), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] (R-SC), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Free grants for detransition support: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would direct HHS to run a grant program to help people seeking to reverse gender transition procedures. Grants would go to private nonprofit groups that agree to provide free services paid by the grant, submit deidentified data, protect privacy, and give accurate information ab…
- Definitions for transition and detransition: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would set detailed definitions that decide which services count as a "gender transition procedure" and what counts as "detransition treatment." The definition lists many hormonal and surgical examples, like puberty blockers, high‑dose sex hormones, mastectomy, hysterectomy, vag…
- Ban on gender procedures for minors: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar anyone from knowingly performing, attempting, aiding, abetting, or conspiring to perform gender transition procedures on people under 18. The ban would apply when the act used interstate or foreign commerce, like travel across state lines, mail or computer communicati…
- Employer liability for worker violations: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would make employers legally responsible when an employee breaks the law while acting in the scope of their job. The employer and the employee would be jointly and severally liable for civil penalties and for private lawsuits under the Act. The same rule would apply when a pers…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026
- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8573 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8573)

## Related
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7651)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
- [119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-404)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8573 (as of 2026-09-21).