119-hr3084

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3084 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3084

 To create a civil action for non-consensual sexual protection barrier 
 removal, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 29, 2025

Mrs. Torres of California (for herself, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
 Clarke of New York, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. 
 Tlaib, and Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To create a civil action for non-consensual sexual protection barrier 
 removal, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stealthing Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) Stealthing is a type of sexual violence used to 
 describe non-consensual condom removal during sex.

    (2) In October 2021, California became the first State to 
 outlaw stealthing at the State level. This law creates a civil 
 remedy so that victims of stealthing can sue for damages.

    (3) A 2019 study from Health Psychology reported that 
 almost 10 percent of male participants reported engaging in 
 non-consensual condom removal since the age of 14 years, with 
 an average of 3.62 times and a range of 1-21 times.

    (4) A 2019 study from the Jacobs Institute of Women's 
 Health found that 12 percent of women have experienced 
 stealthing.

    (5) A 2018 Australian study from PLoS ONE found that one in 
 three female respondents and one in five gay male respondents 
 have experienced stealthing.

    (6) Stealthing is a grave violation of autonomy, dignity, 
 and trust that is considered emotional and sexual abuse.

    (7) Stealthing exposes victims to physical risks including 
 pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

    (8) People engaging in sexual intercourse have the right to 
 make decisions about whether to use a condom or other sexual 
 protection barrier.

SEC. 3. NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL PROTECTION BARRIER REMOVAL.

    (a) Civil Action.--Any person may commence a civil action against a 
person who, in a circumstance described in subsection

    (b) , engages in 
non-consensual sexual protection barrier removal.

    (b) Circumstances Described.--For the purposes of subsection

    (a) , 
the circumstances described in this subsection are that--

    (1) the defendant traveled in interstate or foreign 
 commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce, in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) the defendant used a means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;

    (3) a payment of any kind was made, directly or indirectly, 
 in furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described 
 in subsection

    (a) using any means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or 
 affecting interstate or foreign commerce;

    (4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or foreign 
 commerce any communication relating to or in furtherance of the 
 conduct described in subsection

    (a) using any means, channel, 
 facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce 
 or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 
 or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 
 electromagnetic transmission;

    (5) any sexual protection barrier described has traveled in 
 interstate or foreign commerce and was used to perform the 
 conduct described in subsection

    (a) ;

    (6) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) occurred within 
 the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
 States, or any territory or possession of the United States; or

    (7) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) otherwise 
 occurred in or affected interstate or foreign commerce.
            (c) Penalty.--A person bringing a civil action under subsection

    (a) may recover compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive and 
declaratory relief, and such other relief as a court may deem 
appropriate.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Non-consensual sexual protection barrier removal.--The 
 term ``non-consensual sexual protection barrier removal'' means 
 removal of a sexual protection barrier from a body part, 
 including the genitals, or an object being used by a person for 
 sexual contact with another person without the consent of each 
 person involved in such sexual contact, causing sexual contact 
 between the body parts, including the genitals, or objects 
 being used for sexual contact, and the body of any person 
 engaged in such sexual contact.

    (2) Sexual protection barrier.--The term ``sexual 
 protection barrier'' includes a condom, including an internal 
 condom, a dental dam, or any other barrier against sexual 
 fluids during sexual contact.
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