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NE LB732

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2026

Primary Sponsor

Kathleen Kauth

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Origin

Legislature

109th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits health care practitioners from prescribing cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to individuals under 19 years of age for the purpose of gender alteration, expanding restrictions in Nebraska's existing Let Them Grow Act

  • Requires any ongoing treatments that began before October 1, 2023 under prior rules to conclude by January 1, 2027

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to bring enforcement actions against violating practitioners within 20 years, with civil penalties of $25,000 per violation (each prescription or provision counts as a separate violation)

  • Mandates courts to notify the Attorney General and Department of Health and Human Services when practitioners are found to have knowingly violated the law

  • Exempts treatments for congenital defects, precocious puberty, disease, or physical injury from the prohibition, explicitly excluding gender dysphoria, gender identity disorder, or mental conditions from the definition of "disease"

Legislative Description

Change provisions relating to the ability of a health care practitioner to provide cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers under the Let Them Grow Act

Last Action

Placed on General File

2/17/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services1/9/2026

Full Bill Text

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