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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 3084
5	5	To create a civil action for non-consensual sexual protection barrier removal,
6	6	and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL29, 2025
9	9	Mrs. T
10	10	ORRESof California (for herself, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
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12	12	LARKEof New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LARSONof Connecticut,
13	13	Ms. T
14	14	LAIB, and Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK) introduced the following
15	15	bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To create a civil action for non-consensual sexual protection
18	18	barrier removal, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stealthing Act of 4
23	23	2025’’. 5
24	24	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
25	25	Congress finds the following: 7
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29	29	(1) Stealthing is a type of sexual violence used 1
30	30	to describe non-consensual condom removal during 2
31	31	sex. 3
32	32	(2) In October 2021, California became the 4
33	33	first State to outlaw stealthing at the State level. 5
34	34	This law creates a civil remedy so that victims of 6
35	35	stealthing can sue for damages. 7
36	36	(3) A 2019 study from Health Psychology re-8
37	37	ported that almost 10 percent of male participants 9
38	38	reported engaging in non-consensual condom re-10
39	39	moval since the age of 14 years, with an average of 11
40	40	3.62 times and a range of 1–21 times. 12
41	41	(4) A 2019 study from the Jacobs Institute of 13
42	42	Women’s Health found that 12 percent of women 14
43	43	have experienced stealthing. 15
44	44	(5) A 2018 Australian study from PLoS ONE 16
45	45	found that one in three female respondents and one 17
46	46	in five gay male respondents have experienced 18
47	47	stealthing. 19
48	48	(6) Stealthing is a grave violation of autonomy, 20
49	49	dignity, and trust that is considered emotional and 21
50	50	sexual abuse. 22
51	51	(7) Stealthing exposes victims to physical risks 23
52	52	including pregnancy and sexually transmitted dis-24
53	53	eases. 25
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57	57	(8) People engaging in sexual intercourse have 1
58	58	the right to make decisions about whether to use a 2
59	59	condom or other sexual protection barrier. 3
60	60	SEC. 3. NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL PROTECTION BARRIER 4
61	61	REMOVAL. 5
62	62	(a) C
63	63	IVILACTION.—Any person may commence a 6
64	64	civil action against a person who, in a circumstance de-7
65	65	scribed in subsection (b), engages in non-consensual sex-8
66	66	ual protection barrier removal. 9
67	67	(b) C
68	68	IRCUMSTANCESDESCRIBED.—For the purposes 10
69	69	of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this sub-11
70	70	section are that— 12
71	71	(1) the defendant traveled in interstate or for-13
72	72	eign commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, 14
73	73	facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 15
74	74	commerce, in furtherance of or in connection with 16
75	75	the conduct described in subsection (a); 17
76	76	(2) the defendant used a means, channel, facil-18
77	77	ity, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign com-19
78	78	merce in furtherance of or in connection with the 20
79	79	conduct described in subsection (a); 21
80	80	(3) a payment of any kind was made, directly 22
81	81	or indirectly, in furtherance of or in connection with 23
82	82	the conduct described in subsection (a) using any 24
83	83	means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of inter-25
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87	87	state or foreign commerce or in or affecting inter-1
88	88	state or foreign commerce; 2
89	89	(4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or 3
90	90	foreign commerce any communication relating to or 4
91	91	in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 5
92	92	(a) using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-6
93	93	tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-7
94	94	fecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 8
95	95	or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 9
96	96	electromagnetic transmission; 10
97	97	(5) any sexual protection barrier described has 11
98	98	traveled in interstate or foreign commerce and was 12
99	99	used to perform the conduct described in subsection 13
100	100	(a); 14
101	101	(6) the conduct described in subsection (a) oc-15
102	102	curred within the special maritime and territorial ju-16
103	103	risdiction of the United States, or any territory or 17
104	104	possession of the United States; or 18
105	105	(7) the conduct described in subsection (a) oth-19
106	106	erwise occurred in or affected interstate or foreign 20
107	107	commerce. 21
108	108	(c) P
109	109	ENALTY.—A person bringing a civil action under 22
110	110	subsection (a) may recover compensatory and punitive 23
111	111	damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and such other 24
112	112	relief as a court may deem appropriate. 25
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116	116	(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1
117	117	(1) N
118	118	ON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL PROTECTION 2
119	119	BARRIER REMOVAL.—The term ‘‘non-consensual sex-3
120	120	ual protection barrier removal’’ means removal of a 4
121	121	sexual protection barrier from a body part, including 5
122	122	the genitals, or an object being used by a person for 6
123	123	sexual contact with another person without the con-7
124	124	sent of each person involved in such sexual contact, 8
125	125	causing sexual contact between the body parts, in-9
126	126	cluding the genitals, or objects being used for sexual 10
127	127	contact, and the body of any person engaged in such 11
128	128	sexual contact. 12
129	129	(2) S
130	130	EXUAL PROTECTION BARRIER .—The term 13
131	131	‘‘sexual protection barrier’’ includes a condom, in-14
132	132	cluding an internal condom, a dental dam, or any 15
133	133	other barrier against sexual fluids during sexual con-16
134	134	tact. 17
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