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AZ SB1130
Bill
Status
1/12/2022
Primary Sponsor
Wendy Rogers
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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Exempts medical interventions for children born with medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development, as determined by a physician through good faith medical decision.
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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.
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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