H 421 - Amends Existing Law to Define Terms and Revise Definitions for "Sex"and "Gender" - Idaho Key Vote

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Title: Amends Existing Law to Define Terms and Revise Definitions for "Sex"and "Gender"

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends existing law to define terms and revise definitions for "sex"and "gender" in the state of Idaho.

Highlights:

  • Establishes for the purposes of thie bill that there are only 2 sexes: male and female (Sec.1)

  • Prohibits an individual from stipulating or self-identifying their sex (Sec.1). 

  • Authorizes facilities, sports teams, programs, and leagues to separate the 2 sexes on the basis of physical differences between the sexes (Sec. 1). 

  • Establishes definitions for terms relating to gender: boy, father, female, gender, sex, male, mother, and girl (Sec.2). 

  • Prohibits medical providers from engaging in any of the following practices (Sec. 3). 

    • Performing surgeries that sterilize or mutilate the appearance of genitalia; 

    • From performing a mastectomy 

    • Administering or supplying medication that will result in morphological changes in genitals; or 

    • Removing otherwise healthy tissue. 

  • Establishes that the formerly mentioned medical practices are not considered violations of the Vulnerable Child Protection Act if its necessary to the health of the person (Sec. 3). 

  • Establishes that any medical provider in violation of these clauses shall be guilty of a felony, and improsed (Sec. 3). 

  • Authorizes the bill to be declared in full effect on July, 1 2024 (Sec.7).

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Title: Amends Existing Law to Define Terms and Revise Definitions for "Sex"and "Gender"

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends existing law to define terms and revise definitions for "sex"and "gender" in the state of Idaho.

Highlights:

  • Establishes for the purposes of thie bill that there are only 2 sexes: male and female (Sec.1)

  • Prohibits an individual from stipulating or self-identifying their sex (Sec.1). 

  • Authorizes facilities, sports teams, programs, and leagues to separate the 2 sexes on the basis of physical differences between the sexes (Sec. 1). 

  • Establishes definitions for terms relating to gender: boy, father, female, gender, sex, male, mother, and girl (Sec.2). 

  • Prohibits medical providers from engaging in any of the following practices (Sec. 3). 

    • Performing surgeries that sterilize or mutilate the appearance of genitalia; 

    • From performing a mastectomy 

    • Administering or supplying medication that will result in morphological changes in genitals; or 

    • Removing otherwise healthy tissue. 

  • Establishes that the formerly mentioned medical practices are not considered violations of the Vulnerable Child Protection Act if its necessary to the health of the person (Sec. 3). 

  • Establishes that any medical provider in violation of these clauses shall be guilty of a felony, and improsed (Sec. 3). 

  • Authorizes the bill to be declared in full effect on July, 1 2024 (Sec.7).

Title: Amends Existing Law to Define Terms and Revise Definitions for "Sex"and "Gender"

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