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FL H0211
Bill
Status
3/14/2022
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Sabatini
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AI Summary
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Creates the "Vulnerable Child Protection Act" (s. 456.0335, F.S.) defining "sex" as biological state based on sex organs, chromosomes, and hormone profiles.
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Makes it a first-degree misdemeanor for health care practitioners to perform or cause specified practices on minors intended to change sex or affirm gender identity inconsistent with biological sex.
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Prohibited practices include sterilizing surgeries (castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, mastectomy), puberty-blocking medications, and supraphysiologic hormone doses.
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Exempts health care practitioners treating minors with medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development, including conditions with ambiguous biological sex characteristics or abnormal chromosome structures.
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Effective date: July 1, 2022.
Legislative Description
Youth Gender and Sexual Identity
Last Action
Died in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
3/14/2022