House Approves MTG Bill Targeting Gender Transition Care for Kids [WATCH]

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 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

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) December 17, 2025

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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.

She wrote on X that her bill “criminalizes ALL pediatric gender affirming care (transgender surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormones) NOT just those receiving federal funds and protects ALL children allowing them to grow up before they make permanent changes to their body that they can never undo!!!”

She also criticized Roy personally, writing, “WTF is Chip Roy doing????? And this guy wants to be attorney general of Texas but refuses to protect children??!!!”

Roy responded by defending his constitutional concerns, stating that “the constitution matters & we should not bastardize it to use ‘interstate commerce’ to empower federal authorities.”

Despite the disagreement, Roy later said he would not offer the amendment, explaining in a statement on Wednesday that he wanted “to avoid any confusion about how united Republicans are in protecting children from these grotesque procedures.”

With House passage complete, the bill now awaits consideration in the Senate, where its future remains uncertain.

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