l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2111

Transgender 21 Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE TRANSGENDER 21 ACT; TO PROHIBIT THE STATE, ITS AGENTS, AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FROM INFRINGING ON A PARENT'S RIGHT TO WITHHOLD CONSENT FOR ANY TREATMENT, ACTIVITY OR MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT ARE DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO FORM THEIR CHILD'S CONCEPTIONS OF SEX AND GENDER OR TO TREAT GENDER DYSPHORIA OR GENDER NONCONFORMITY; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES FROM BEING PERFORMED UPON A MINOR; TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR ANY MEDICAL PROFESSION WHO PERFORMS CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES UPON A MINOR; TO PROVIDE A GOOD-FAITH EXCEPTION FOR A MINOR BORN WITH A MEDICALLY VERIFIABLE GENETIC DISORDER OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TO PROHIBIT ANY STATE AGENCY, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR LICENSING ORGANIZATION FROM FORBIDDING, PENALIZING OR TAKING ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GIVES OR RECEIVES COUNSEL, ADVICE, GUIDANCE OR OTHER SPEECH OR COMMUNICATION CONSISTENT WITH CONSCIENCE OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF; TO PROVIDE THAT NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT TO CERTAIN AUTHORITIES; TO PROVIDE A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PREEMPT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM PROMULGATING RULES OR REGULATIONS THAT LIMITS THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND JUDGMENT OF A MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL OR COUNSELOR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE SEVERABLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 12 to February 1, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 12 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published