l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2770

Gender reassignment surgery; criminalize performance of upon minors.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY FROM BEING PERFORMED UPON A MINOR; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE INTENT; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO CRIMINALIZE ANY PERSON THAT PERFORMS A GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY UPON A MINOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING A MINOR WITH A GENDER TRANSITION; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF A GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY UPON A MINOR BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SHALL BE UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT; TO REQUIRE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL'S LICENSING OR CERTIFYING BOARD TO REVOKE THE LICENSURE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY WAS PERFORMED UPON A MINOR; TO PROVIDE A CIVIL PENALTY FOR ANY MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WHO PERFORMS A GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY UPON A MINOR; TO PROVIDE A GOOD-FAITH EXCEPTION FOR A MINOR BORN WITH A MEDICALLY VERIFIABLE GENETIC DISORDER OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TO PROVIDE A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Angela Burks Hill

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published