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HR7420119th CongressWALLET

Stop Gender Trafficking of Minors Act

Sponsored By: Representative Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a new federal crime for transporting minors across state lines to obtain a gender transition procedure. This bill would make it illegal to move a minor in interstate or foreign commerce, or use the mail or other interstate means, to facilitate puberty blockers, cross‑sex hormones, or surgical interventions for minors.

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  • Families and minors: Parents, guardians, or others who arrange or help a minor travel for a listed gender transition procedure could face criminal penalties. Transporting a minor for that purpose would carry a fine or up to 10 years in prison.
  • Civil rights and remedies: A minor or the parent or legal guardian of a transported minor could sue in federal court for injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees.
  • State and local governments: The bill would block federal funds to any state, local, or other government that permits or encourages out‑of‑state transport for these procedures, declares itself a sanctuary for them, or fails to cooperate with federal investigations or enforcement.

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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

New federal crime for transporting minors

If enacted, you could face a federal crime for knowingly transporting a minor across State or international lines to help them get a covered gender transition procedure. You could be fined and face up to 10 years in prison. The rule also covers traveling or using the mail or other interstate facilities to further the transport. The government would have to prove you acted knowingly to facilitate the procedure.

Defines transition procedures and funding ban

If enacted, the bill would define a "gender transition procedure" for minors to include puberty blockers (and travel to get them), cross-sex hormones, and surgeries such as mastectomy, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty. The bill would also bar federal funds to any State or local government that permits or encourages transporting a minor across State lines for those procedures, declares itself a sanctuary for such care, or fails to cooperate with federal investigations. The text does not list which federal programs or how much funding would be cut.

Parents can sue over minor transport

If enacted, a minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian could sue in federal court when a minor was transported in violation of the criminal rule. Plaintiffs could ask for a court order to stop the transport, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys' fees. This private right of action would take effect when the bill does.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 2/9/2026

  • Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 2/9/2026

  • Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/9/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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