S4426-119

In Committee

STOP Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 29, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, STOP Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Labor, Education.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding The Overall Protection of Minors Act or the STOP Act.
  • Section idb27c539ab4f745be8d257a37e72bac44: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term caretaker means an adult, who is not a parent of a child, with whom a child resides and who provides that child with the...
  • Section id011ecbb6b566414fa96c19a082afdecb: 3. Gender transition procedures on minors No person may, in any circumstance described in paragraph (2), knowingly perform, attempt to perform, conspire to...
  • Section id2ff1732b97684383a2fd4e2c7724334b: 4. Opening avenues for victims The purpose of this section is to support, encourage, and assist individuals in their efforts to reverse gender transition...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, STOP Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Labor, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, STOP Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Labor Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 29, 2026

Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Lee) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Labor Education
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"gender transition procedure" §idb27c539ab4f745be8d257a37e72bac44

any hormonal, pharmaceutical, or surgical intervention for the purpose of gender transition, including— gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists or other puberty-blocking or suppressing drugs to stop or delay normally timed puberty

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