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ND HB1254

Bill

Status

Passed

4/20/2023

Primary Sponsor

Bill Tveit

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Origin

House of Representatives

68th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Establishes penalties of class B felony for surgical procedures and class A misdemeanor for hormone prescriptions.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Human Services2/21/2023
Human Services1/10/2023

Full Bill Text

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