HR 7651
Cleared committee
Allows people who received puberty blockers, sex hormones, or certain surgeries as children to sue the health care professionals, hospitals, and clinics involved for damages, and allows their parents or guardians to sue as well.
Official title: Chloe Cole Act of 2026
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House
Introduced
23-FEB-2026
Referred
23-FEB-2026
Approved by committee
15-JUL-2026
- Lets a person treated as a child with puberty blockers, sex hormones, or surgery meant to change their sex, or that person's parents or legal guardians, sue the providers involved in federal district court.
- Allows compensatory, non-economic, and punitive damages, with punitive damages requiring proof of malicious, intentional, fraudulent, or reckless conduct.
- Makes providers strictly liable for covered interventions on children performed after enactment when proven by clear and convincing evidence.
- Sets the filing deadline at 25 years after the person's 18th birthday or 4 years after detransition treatment costs are incurred, whichever is later.
- Excludes treatment for verifiable disorders of sexual development, injuries, and certain congenital or acute conditions.
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- Mike Collins
- Warren Davidson
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