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GA HB1060
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2020
Primary Sponsor
Ginny Ehrhart
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AI Summary
- Prohibits health care professionals from performing gender-affirming surgical procedures on minors (under 18), including sterilization surgeries, mastectomies, and removal of healthy body parts, when the purpose is to affirm a sex perception inconsistent with the minor's biological sex
- Prohibits administering puberty-blocking medications, supraphysiologic doses of testosterone to females, or supraphysiologic doses of estrogen to males to minors for gender-affirming purposes
- Exempts treatment of minors born with medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development, such as ambiguous biological sex characteristics or atypical sex chromosome structures confirmed through genetic testing
- Classifies violations as a felony punishable by 1 to 10 years imprisonment, with mandatory revocation of the offending professional's license within 10 days of conviction
- Creates a private cause of action for aggrieved individuals to seek damages, attorney's fees, punitive damages, and other relief, with explicit waiver of sovereign, qualified, and official immunity
Legislative Description
Vulnerable Child Protection Act; enact
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/2/2020
Full Bill Text
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