House passes bipartisan bill pushed by Paris Hilton to stop institutional child abuse

The House on Wednesday passed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act in a 367-to-33 vote with bipartisan support. 

The legislation had already passed the U.S. Senate and needed a vote on the House floor. The legislation was put together by celebrity and media personality Paris Hilton. 

The bill now goes to President Joe Biden's desk, according to The Hill. 

"Today is a day I will never forget," Hilton wrote on the social media platform, X. "After years of sharing my story and advocating on Capitol Hill, the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act has officially passed the U.S Congress. This moment is proof that our voices matter, that speaking out can spark change, and that no child should ever endure the horrors of abuse in silence."

The goal of the legislation is to increase oversight in youth residential treatment programs to prevent child abuse.

Hilton has been working with different lawmakers, including Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, to get the legislation through the Senate.

She has been outspoken for reform in congregate care facilities for "troubled" teenagers and often references her own abuse that she experienced while staying at the Provo Canyon School in Utah. 

“We were all just bawling, in tears, just so proud and so happy, and the whole survivor community is just -- everybody is just so so grateful and so happy, and they feel so validated that they're being listened to,” Hilton said during an interview with ABC News after the legislation passed the Senate.