PROTECT Kids Act

PROTECT Kids Act
Long title	A Bill To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor child’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form, allowing a child to change the child’s sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 5 by Tim Walberg (R‑MI-05; on February 1, 2023 (118th Congress); Committee consideration by United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce;

The Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their Kids Act (shortened to the PROTECT Kids Act) was United States legislation introduced in both the House of Representatives and Senate of the 118th Congress. Sponsored by Republican representative Tim Walberg and senators Rick Scott of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina and originating in the 117th Congress, the bill was similar to and viewed of as a national version of the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act.

Walberg's legislation was passed by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the bill's text was merged into the Parental Bill of Rights Act on March 5, 2023.

Legislative history

Long title	A Bill To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor child’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form, allowing a child to change the child’s sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 5 by Tim Walberg (R‑MI-05; on February 1, 2023 (118th Congress) Committee consideration by United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce