H.R. 8573 119th Congress House

STOP Act

Official title: To prohibit gender transition procedures on minors, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose civil penalties on persons who perform ge… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit gender transition procedures on minors, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose civil penalties on persons who perform gender transition procedures on minors, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 29, 2026 Introduced by: Diana Harshbarger Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov

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Apr 29, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced in House

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
2 filings
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
2 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
2 filings
Education, Dept of
2 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
2 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
2 filings
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
2 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 5