Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF5247: Protecting Families and Children Act Establishment
Status: In committee, April 29, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to public safety; protecting children and parental rights; prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors; establishing school transparency and parental consent requirements; prohibiting the sexualization of minors in educational settings; protecting therapeutic choice while prohibiting coercive, fraudulent, or aversive practices; creating the felony offense of grooming of a minor for sexual exploitation; requiring predatory offender registration for grooming; restoring home-state jurisdiction and removing certain sanctuary provisions…
From the introduced text, April 28, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to public safety; protecting children and parental rights; prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors; establishing school transparency and parental consent requirements; prohibiting the sexualization of minors in educational settings; protecting therapeutic choice while prohibiting coercive, fraudulent, or aversive practices; creating the felony offense of grooming of a minor for sexual exploitation; requiring predatory offender registration for grooming; restoring home-state jurisdiction and removing certain sanctuary provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62Q.585, by adding a subdivision; 243.166, subdivision 1b; 518D.201; 518D.204; 518D.207; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120A; 145; 214; 260C; 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 214.078; 260.925; 543.23. ARTICLE 1 TITLE; FINDINGS; DEFINITIONS Section 1. new text begin [ADDED: SHORT TITLE.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: This act may be cited as the "Protecting Families and Children Act (PFCA)."] new text end Sec. 2. new text begin [ADDED: LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (a) The state has a compelling interest in safeguarding the health, bodily integrity, fertility, and future procreative capacity of minors. This act restricts specified irreversible medical interventions on minors and provides enforcement and remedies.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) Biological sex is objective and ascertainable, and public policy requires clear definitions to protect children. This …