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ND HB1254
Bill
Status
4/20/2023
Primary Sponsor
Bill Tveit
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AI Summary
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Creates new criminal law prohibiting health care providers from performing sex-reassignment surgeries, mastectomies, puberty-blocking medications, or supraphysiologic hormone doses on minors under 18 when a minor's sex perception differs from biological sex.
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Establishes penalties of class B felony for surgical procedures and class A misdemeanor for hormone prescriptions.
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Exempts procedures for minors with medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development, including ambiguous sex characteristics or abnormal sex chromosomes, based on good-faith medical decisions by parents or guardians.
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Extends statute of limitations for prosecution to three years from the date of offense or three years after reporting to law enforcement, whichever is later.
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Declares the act an emergency measure.
Legislative Description
The prohibition of certain practices against a minor; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.
Last Action
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21
4/25/2023