{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://owens.house.gov/posts/owens-bill-protecting-children-from-radical-gender-ideology-passes-house", "House Passes Owens Bill Protecting Children from Radical Gender Ideology and Strengthening Parental Rights", "2026-05-20", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Burgess Owens", "O000086", "owens.house.gov", "owens", "https://owens.house.gov/press", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, the House of Representatives passed the Stopping Indoctrination & Protecting Kids Act (H.R. 2616) This bill is a combination of House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg\u2019s (MI-05) PROTECT Act and Rep. Burgess Owens\u2019 (UT-04) Say No to Indoctrination Act, which were both passed by the Committee in April of last year.\n\nThe Stopping Indoctrination & Protecting Kids Act would require public elementary and middle schools that receive federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to obtain parental consent before changing a student\u2019s gender markers, pronouns, preferred name on any school form, or sex-based accommodations such as locker rooms and bathrooms. Schools that fail to comply risk losing federal funding.\n\n\u201cThere are only two sexes: male and female. Sex is a biological fact, not an ideological whim. Yet across the country, school districts are actively pushing radical gender ideology on children and, in some cases, facilitating social transitions without parental knowledge or consent. The Stopping Indoctrination & Protecting Kids Act is simple, any district that promotes these ideologies in the classroom or conceals a child\u2019s gender transition from their parents will lose federal funding. Parents, not school administrators, have the ultimate right to make decisions about their children\u2019s upbringing. The government should not be funding or pushing these radical ideologies on our children, this bill ensures that will be the case.\u201d\n\nRep. Burgess Owens\n\n\u201cToo many schools are keeping parents in the dark about what\u2019s happening in their own children\u2019s classrooms, even going so far as to withhold critical information about their kid\u2019s wellbeing and development. Families deserve honesty, not secrecy\u2014especially when it comes to issues like gender identity. Simply put, parents should never be the last to know\u2014that\u2019s not political, it\u2019s common sense. Meanwhile, political and ideological agendas are being pushed through curriculum without parents\u2019 knowledge or consent, sidelining the very people responsible for raising these children. Parents don\u2019t lose their rights at the schoolhouse door. It\u2019s time to restore transparency and put parents back in the driver\u2019s seat.\u201d\n\nEducation and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walber (R-MI)\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Stopping Indoctrination & Protecting Kids Act would:\n\nRequire parental consent before any school changes a covered student\u2019s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form.\n\nRequires parental consent before a school changes a covered student\u2019s sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.\n\nApply to students in elementary school and middle grades (as defined under ESEA Section 8101).\n\nYou can find the full bill text here. You can see Rep. Owens\u2019 Floor Remarks here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-05-21T06:28:16Z", "2026-05-21T06:29:43Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://owens.house.gov/posts/owens-bill-protecting-children-from-radical-gender-ideology-passes-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 7.849317975342274, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}