The bill protects minors from mutilation and sterilization. The bill creates a crime of unlawful sex reassignment treatment of a minor. A health care professional commits unlawful sex reassignment treatment of a minor if the person knowingly administers, dispenses, or prescribes a drug or hormone or orders or performs a surgical procedure for the purpose of facilitating sex reassignment of a minor. Unlawful sex reassignment treatment of a minor is a class 3 felony. A health care professional who is convicted of unlawful sex reassignment treatment of a minor is subject to professional disciplinary action.

Year

2020

Current status

  • House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/13/20)
  • Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (01/15/2020)

Sponsors

S. Sandridge

Bill number

HB20-1114

Position

Oppose