Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits gender altering medical procedures in minors.

Highlights:

• Alleges that “medical procedures that alter a minor's hormonal balance, remove a minor's sex organs, or otherwise change a minor's physical appearance are harmful to a minor when these medical procedures are performed for the purpose of enabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity” (Page 1).

• Prohibits performance of such procedures (Page 5).

• Authorize lawsuits by parents of minors injured by such procedures, including wrongful death action if “The minor’s death is the result of the physical or emotional harm inflicted upon the minor by the violation” (Page 7).

• Establishes effective date of July 1, 2023 (Page 11).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits gender altering medical procedures in minors.

Highlights:

• Alleges that “medical procedures that alter a minor's hormonal balance, remove a minor's sex organs, or otherwise change a minor's physical appearance are harmful to a minor when these medical procedures are performed for the purpose of enabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity” (Page 1).

• Prohibits performance of such procedures (Page 5).

• Authorize lawsuits by parents of minors injured by such procedures, including wrongful death action if “The minor’s death is the result of the physical or emotional harm inflicted upon the minor by the violation” (Page 7).

• Establishes effective date of July 1, 2023 (Page 11).

Full Bill Text