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AZ SB1130

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2022

Primary Sponsor

Wendy Rogers

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona law to add new criminal penalties for health care professionals who perform sex-change procedures on minors, including surgeries, mastectomies, and hormone treatments that induce infertility.

  • Classifies violations as class 2 felony if done intentionally or knowingly (punishable under dangerous crimes against children statutes if victim is under 15), class 3 felony if reckless, and class 4 felony if criminally negligent.

  • Exempts medical interventions for children born with medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development, as determined by a physician through good faith medical decision.

  • Reclassifies child abuse under section 13-3623 subsection A, paragraph 1 as a dangerous crime against children when the victim is under 15 years of age, triggering enhanced sentencing provisions.

  • Adds medical practices violations to the definition of abuse for vulnerable adults in section 13-3623.

Legislative Description

Child; vulnerable adult; abuse

Family Offenses

Last Action

Senate JUD Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0)

1/27/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/12/2022
Judiciary1/12/2022

Full Bill Text

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