the bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit federal funding from going to public elementary and secondary schools that provide counseling, therapy, or guidance related to gender identity to students under the age of 18 without parental involvement
I will support legislation that would prohibit federal funding for public schools that provide gender identity-related counseling, therapy, or guidance to students under 18 without parental involvement.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov shows H.R.2616 (PROTECT Kids Act) was introduced by Rep. Tim Walberg, ordered to be reported by committee on 2025-04-09, and remains at the introduced stage.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] as an original cosponsor of H.R.5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, with date cosponsored 03/01/2023.
H.R.5 stated: As a condition of receiving Federal funds from the Department of Education, covered elementary or middle-grade schools must obtain parental consent before changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name, or allowing changes to sex-based accommodations. The bill also required notice to parents when school employees or contractors take certain actions addressing student mental health or safety issues.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 161 on H.R.5, Parents Bill of Rights Act, as passed 213-208 on March 24, 2023; Rep. Luna, Republican, Florida, voted Aye.
Congress.gov shows H.R.5 had status Passed House, passed by recorded vote 213-208 on March 24, 2023, and latest action was Senate referral to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 27, 2023.
H.R.2616, the PROTECT Kids Act, would require public elementary and middle schools receiving Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, preferred name, or sex-based accommodations. Congress.gov shows it reported in the House on January 13, 2026, but still at the Introduced status rather than enacted law.
Congress.gov lists H.R.2616 sponsor Rep. Tim Walberg and four cosponsors: Reps. Burgess Owens, Mary Miller, Robert Onder, and Kevin Kiley. Anna Paulina Luna is not listed as a cosponsor.
Assessments
Luna took concrete same-term legislative action by originally cosponsoring and voting for H.R.5, a federal education-funding bill with parental-consent provisions for gender-marker, pronoun, preferred-name, and sex-based accommodation changes, plus related parental notice language. That partially matches the promise but does not squarely prohibit federal funding for schools providing gender identity-related counseling, therapy, or guidance without parental involvement, and H.R.5 was not enacted. The closer 119th Congress PROTECT Kids Act also had not become law and the record does not show Luna sponsoring or cosponsoring it. This merits partial credit for supporting related legislation, but not full delivery.
The closest matching federal bill identified, H.R. 2616, has only been introduced and is not enacted. The record provided does not show Anna Paulina Luna sponsoring it or materially advancing it to passage, so this promise cannot be counted as fulfilled on the current evidence.