# 119-s-1658: SAFE Home Act

119-s-1658, SAFE Home Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1658
- Congress: 119
- Title: SAFE Home Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Prohibits federal foster- and adoption-funded programs from delaying or denying placements or discriminating based on specified sex‑related reasons.** This bill would add a rule to the Social Security Act that stops any entity receiving federal assistance from refusing or delaying a foster or adoption placement for reasons tied to a child’s biological sex, related medical or mental‑health choices, or changes to identity documents. The bill defines “sex” as biological sex and gives specific definitions for female and male.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protect foster and adoptive parents: benefit, medium. If enacted, federally funded agencies that place children would not be allowed to delay or refuse a foster or adoption placement for specified reasons. Those reasons include parents raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex; parents refusing medical, surgical, drug, or psychologica…
- Delay for state foster-care rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the new rule would take effect on the first day of the first fiscal quarter after enactment and apply to Title IV-E payments for calendar quarters starting on or after that date. The Health and Human Services Secretary could determine that a State needs to pass new laws (other than fund…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-3653: Veterans’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-1658 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1658)

## Related
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2342)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-3653: Veterans’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3653)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1658 (as of 2025-12-21).