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HI HB612
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Adrian Tam
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AI Summary
- Prohibits physicians and surgeons from performing certain non-emergency surgical procedures on infants under one year of age who are born with variations in physical sex characteristics (intersex conditions)
- Banned procedures include clitoroplasty, clitoral reduction/recession, gonadectomy, urethral lengthening/rerouting, vaginoplasty, and urogenital sinus mobilization
- Exempts surgeries required to address immediate physical harm, including removal of tissue with heightened malignancy risk, procedures to allow urine to exit the body or treat urinary complications, surgeries to treat complications from previous procedures, and life-saving emergency surgeries
- Defines "individual born with variations in physical sex characteristics" as those with physical traits varying from stereotypical sex characteristics, including conditions like androgen insensitivity syndrome and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Takes effect July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating To Health.
Prohibition
Last Action
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
12/8/2025
Committee Referrals
Health1/21/2025
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