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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 3084
To create a civil action for non-consensual sexual protection barrier removal,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL29, 2025
Mrs. T
ORRESof California (for herself, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
C
LARKEof New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LARSONof Connecticut,
Ms. T
LAIB, 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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stealthing Act of 4
2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
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(1) Stealthing is a type of sexual violence used 1
to describe non-consensual condom removal during 2
sex. 3
(2) In October 2021, California became the 4
first State to outlaw stealthing at the State level. 5
This law creates a civil remedy so that victims of 6
stealthing can sue for damages. 7
(3) A 2019 study from Health Psychology re-8
ported that almost 10 percent of male participants 9
reported engaging in non-consensual condom re-10
moval since the age of 14 years, with an average of 11
3.62 times and a range of 1–21 times. 12
(4) A 2019 study from the Jacobs Institute of 13
Women’s Health found that 12 percent of women 14
have experienced stealthing. 15
(5) A 2018 Australian study from PLoS ONE 16
found that one in three female respondents and one 17
in five gay male respondents have experienced 18
stealthing. 19
(6) Stealthing is a grave violation of autonomy, 20
dignity, and trust that is considered emotional and 21
sexual abuse. 22
(7) Stealthing exposes victims to physical risks 23
including pregnancy and sexually transmitted dis-24
eases. 25
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(8) People engaging in sexual intercourse have 1
the right to make decisions about whether to use a 2
condom or other sexual protection barrier. 3
SEC. 3. NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL PROTECTION BARRIER 4
REMOVAL. 5
(a) C
IVILACTION.—Any person may commence a 6
civil action against a person who, in a circumstance de-7
scribed in subsection (b), engages in non-consensual sex-8
ual protection barrier removal. 9
(b) C
IRCUMSTANCESDESCRIBED.—For the purposes 10
of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this sub-11
section are that— 12
(1) the defendant traveled in interstate or for-13
eign commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, 14
facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 15
commerce, in furtherance of or in connection with 16
the conduct described in subsection (a); 17
(2) the defendant used a means, channel, facil-18
ity, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign com-19
merce in furtherance of or in connection with the 20
conduct described in subsection (a); 21
(3) a payment of any kind was made, directly 22
or indirectly, in furtherance of or in connection with 23
the conduct described in subsection (a) using any 24
means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of inter-25
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state or foreign commerce or in or affecting inter-1
state or foreign commerce; 2
(4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or 3
foreign commerce any communication relating to or 4
in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 5
(a) using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-6
tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-7
fecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 8
or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 9
electromagnetic transmission; 10
(5) any sexual protection barrier described has 11
traveled in interstate or foreign commerce and was 12
used to perform the conduct described in subsection 13
(a); 14
(6) the conduct described in subsection (a) oc-15
curred within the special maritime and territorial ju-16
risdiction of the United States, or any territory or 17
possession of the United States; or 18
(7) the conduct described in subsection (a) oth-19
erwise occurred in or affected interstate or foreign 20
commerce. 21
(c) P
ENALTY.—A person bringing a civil action under 22
subsection (a) may recover compensatory and punitive 23
damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and such other 24
relief as a court may deem appropriate. 25
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1
(1) N
ON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL PROTECTION 2
BARRIER REMOVAL.—The term ‘‘non-consensual sex-3
ual protection barrier removal’’ means removal of a 4
sexual protection barrier from a body part, including 5
the genitals, or an object being used by a person for 6
sexual contact with another person without the con-7
sent of each person involved in such sexual contact, 8
causing sexual contact between the body parts, in-9
cluding the genitals, or objects being used for sexual 10
contact, and the body of any person engaged in such 11
sexual contact. 12
(2) S
EXUAL PROTECTION BARRIER .—The term 13
‘‘sexual protection barrier’’ includes a condom, in-14
cluding an internal condom, a dental dam, or any 15
other barrier against sexual fluids during sexual con-16
tact. 17
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