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Ted Lieu (D-CA)

Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025

H.R. 3243 · House bill Commerce

A Democratic bill with 205 Democratic cosponsors · See all 205 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025. It makes it illegal for anyone to provide or advertise commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy for money. Congress finds that conversion therapy is not effective, has no scientific backing, and is dangerous to people's mental and physical health. The bill allows the Federal Trade Commission, the Attorney General, and state attorneys general to take legal action against people who break this rule. It also clarifies that providing support for gender transitions or general identity exploration is not considered conversion therapy. Finally, the bill protects the rest of the law if any single part of it is found to be unconstitutional.

Yes· 3 of 16

  • Scored +10

    Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?

    Directly bans harmful practices targeted at the community and affirms their identities.

  • Scored +9

    Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?

    Bans commercial conversion therapy and affirms that LGBTQ identities are not disorders.

  • Scored +8

    Would children be better off under this?

    Protects children and adolescents from harmful conversion practices.

The opposite

  • Scored -5

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Directly penalizes and bans those operating commercial conversion therapy businesses.

  • Scored -2

    Does this protect the freedom to practise a religion?

    May conflict with some religious practices of conversion therapy, though it targets commercial provision.