The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., that would criminalize gender transition treatments for minors, sending the measure to the Senate, where it faces significant hurdles, as reported [1] by Fox News.
The bill passed by a narrow 216-211 vote, with most Republicans supporting the legislation and most Democrats opposing it.
A small number of lawmakers crossed party lines. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Texas, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Don Davis of North Carolina voted with Republicans in favor of the bill.
Reps. Mike Lawler of New York, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Gabe Evans of Colorado, and Mike Kennedy of Utah voted with Democrats against the measure.
Ahead of the vote, Greene promoted the legislation on X, writing,
“Children are NOT experiments. No more drugs. No more surgeries. No more permanent harm. We need to let kids grow up without manipulation from adults to make life-altering decisions! Congress must protect America’s children!!!”
Today, the house will vote on my Protect Children’s Innocence Act. This puts a stop to the radical left’s assault on kids!
Children are NOT experiments.
No more drugs. No more surgeries. No more permanent harm.
We need to let kids grow up without manipulation from adults to… pic.twitter.com/q8RGGLx9M1 [2]
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 17, 2025 [3]
House leadership agreed to bring Greene’s bill to the floor after she backed a procedural rule last week to advance the National Defense Authorization Act.
That agreement cleared the way for Wednesday’s vote after internal Republican negotiations.
The legislation would create federal criminal penalties related to gender transition treatments for minors. While it cleared the House, its path forward in the Senate remains uncertain.
Republicans would need support from Democrats in the upper chamber for the bill to become law.
The measure drew immediate criticism from left-wing advocacy groups.
The American Civil Liberties Union condemned the House vote, arguing that the bill would interfere with medical decisions involving minors and their families.
“Politicians should never prohibit parents from doing what is best for their transgender children,” said Mike Zamore, the ACLU’s national director of policy and government affairs, in a statement.
“These families often spend years considering how best to support their children, only to have ill-equipped politicians interfere by attempting to criminalize the health care that they, their children, and their doctors believe is necessary to allow their children to thrive.”
Zamore continued, “But this bill also creates an incredibly dangerous precedent far beyond the specific care at issue, criminalizing care based on ideology and placing Washington politicians between families and their doctors. We strongly condemn the passage of this measure and urge members of the Senate to do everything in their power to prevent it from ever becoming law.”
Before final passage, Greene publicly clashed with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, over a proposed amendment.
Roy, who serves on the House Rules Committee, introduced language intended to modify the bill by limiting federal criminal liability in certain cases.
According to the Rules Committee, the amendment sought to define when prohibited conduct would fall within federal jurisdiction.
Greene opposed the amendment, arguing that it weakened the scope of the legislation.
