Chloe Cole Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Onder
Introduced
Summary
Creates a federal private civil remedy for children subjected to certain gender-related medical interventions. This bill would let a child under 18, or a consenting parent or guardian, bring a federal lawsuit over medical acts intended to delay, halt, or alter puberty or to change sexual characteristics.
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- Families and children: Would allow lawsuits over "covered interventions" such as puberty blockers, sex hormones, and surgical procedures that alter or remove sexual organs.
- Health care professionals and institutions: Defines "participate" to include prescribing, administering, performing procedures, authorizing, supervising, or coordinating these interventions, making those actors actionable under the private remedy.
- Medical exceptions: Excludes medically appropriate procedures for verifiable disorders of sexual development and treatments for infections, injuries, or diagnosed organ system conditions.
- Key definitions: Defines "child" as under 18, "detransition treatment" as care to stop or reverse a prior covered intervention, and "sex" as an immutable biological classification at conception.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Defines covered medical treatments for kids
If enacted, this bill would set key definitions about medical care for people under 18. "Child" would mean anyone under 18. "Covered intervention" would include puberty blockers, sex hormones, and certain surgeries when given to delay or change normal development. The bill would also define "detransition treatment," who counts as a health care professional, and what it means to "participate." It would exclude verifiable disorders of sexual development, treatment of harms caused by an intervention, and urgent organ‑system conditions.
New federal right to sue and damages rules
If enacted, this bill would create a federal private right to sue for children who had a covered intervention and for their parents or guardians. Suits could be filed in U.S. district court and the bill lists ways to reach federal court, including travel or use of interstate facilities. Claimants would be able to seek compensatory damages for medical costs to undo or treat harms, non‑economic damages, and punitive damages if misconduct is proven. The bill would impose strict liability for interventions done after enactment, make defendants prove any exception by clear and convincing evidence, ban liability waivers, narrow deference to older medical standards in some cases, allow providers to give information so long as it is not participation, and let claims be filed up to 25 years after a person turns 18 or within 4 years after detransition costs are incurred, whichever is later.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Onder
MO • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]
UT • R
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Rose
TN • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
MD • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Aderholt
AL • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Jack
GA • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
DesJarlais
TN • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Simpson
ID • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]
MT • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Biggs (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
TN • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Stutzman
IN • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10]
GA • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Hunt
TX • R
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
TX • R
Sponsored 3/9/2026
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
TN • R
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
AL • R
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]
GA • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]
IN • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]
OH • R
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
IL • R
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
UT • R
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
TX • R
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7]
MO • R
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
NJ • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
KS • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Kustoff
TN • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Moore (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
FL • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Bost
IL • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
TX • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
VA • R
Sponsored 3/30/2026
Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
NE • R
Sponsored 3/30/2026
Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]
TX • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
SC • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
VA • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Pfluger
TX • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
MO • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Norman
SC • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]
FL • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
AZ • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
NC • R
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5]
AL • R
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
MS • R
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Barr
KY • R
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
GA • R
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
WI • R
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Smith (MO)
MO • R
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]
SC • R
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Goldman (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Bean (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 4/22/2026
Moore (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 4/22/2026
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 4/30/2026
Davidson
OH • R
Sponsored 4/30/2026
Roll Call Votes
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