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Senate Bill 480: Civil Enforcement for Prohibition of Gender Affirming Care

Prohibits gender affirming care for any individual under 18 years of age, including to “alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty.” Provides disciplinary actions that may be taken toward healthcare providers including revoking licenses and subjecting them to civil liability.

Senate Bill 480
Authored by Sen. Tyler Johnson.
Co-Authored by Sen. Gary Byrne, Sen. Stacey Donato, Sen. Blake Doriot, Sen. Mike Gaskill, Sen. James Buck, Sen. Aaron Freeman, Sen. Jeff Raatz, Sen. Andy Zay, Sen. Greg Walker, Sen. Mark Messmer, Sen. Jack Sandlin, Sen. Linda Rogers, Sen. James Tomes, Sen. Rick Niemeyer, Sen. Brian Buchanan, Sen. Scott Alexander, Sen. John Crane, Sen. Michael Young.

DIGEST
Gender transition procedures for minors. Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor) that are intended to alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty. Provides for certain medical exceptions. Establishes civil enforcement actions.

Actions for Senate Bill 480
S 02/27/2023 Amendment #4 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 165: yeas 12, nays 37
S 02/27/2023 Amendment #7 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
S 02/27/2023 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
S 02/23/2023 Senator Young M added as coauthor
S 02/23/2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
S 02/21/2023 Senator Charbonneau added as second author
S 01/30/2023 Senator Crane added as coauthor
S 01/23/2023 Senator Ford Jon removed as coauthor
S 01/19/2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
S 01/19/2023 Coauthored by Senators Byrne, Donato, Doriot, Gaskill, Buck, Ford Jon, Freeman, Raatz, Zay, Walker G, Messmer, Sandlin, Rogers, Tomes, Niemeyer, Buchanan, Alexander
S01/19/2023 Authored by Senator Johnson

Link to PDF file of introduced bill: SB0480.01.INTR

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House Bill 1525: Prohibiting Gender Affirming Care

No health care professionals, including medical doctors or nurses, or behavioral or human service professionals are allowed affirm a young person’s sexual attraction, behavior or gender identity if different from genitalia or DNA. Prohibits gender confirming surgeries which are rarely performed for on anyone under 18. Prohibits puberty blockers and hormones for those under 18. This bill, like others, does not recognize or distinguish trans youth from young people with precocious puberty, who would also be affected by this bill. “Under the bill’s requirements, there is no direct penalty, but under lawful practice health care professionals could have action taken against them by the State Health Commissioner. The State Health Commissioner could issue a letter of correction or probationary license, conduct a resurvey, deny renewal of a license, revoke a license, or issue a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.”

House Bill 1525
Introduced House Bill (H)
Authored by Rep. Bruce Borders.

DIGEST
Prohibited health care for minors. Prohibits specified health care professionals from: (1) performing certain medical procedures on a minor; or (2) prescribing, administering, or furnishing certain drugs to a minor; that purposely attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor’s perception of the minor’s own sexual attraction or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor’s gender identity when the identity is inconsistent with the minor’s biological sex.

Actions for House Bill 1525
H 01/19/2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
H 01/19/2023 Authored by Representative Borders

Link to PDF of introduced bill: HB1525.01.INTR

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Senate Bill 351: Deter trans people from updating birth certificates

This bill is an attempt to limit the ability to update gender information on IDs and records, such as birth certificates and driver’s licenses. This puts transgender people at risk of losing jobs, facing harassment, and other harms. Trans, intersex, and nonbinary people need IDs that accurately reflect who they are to travel, apply for jobs, and enter public establishments without risk of harassment or harm.

Senate Bill 351
Authored by Sen. Gary Byrne, Sen. Jack Sandlin.

DIGEST
Designation of sex on birth certificate. Defines “sex” for purposes of birth certificates.

Actions for Senate Bill 351
S 01/19/2023 Senator Sandlin added as second author
S 01/12/2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
S 01/12/2023 Authored by Senator Byrne

“As used in this chapter, “sex” means the biological indication of male or female in the context of reproductive potential or capacity, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual’s psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender.”

Link to PDF File for Introduced Bill: SB0351.01.INTR

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