KY-HB253-2022

Kentucky · HB 253 · 2022

AN ACT relating to children's health.

Bill key

KY-HB253-2022

State

Kentucky

Session

2022

Introduced

January 8, 2022

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

H.B. 253, 2022 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ky. 2022), https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb253.html.

Short citation

Ky. H.B. 253.

Topics

• Youth gender-affirming care

Tags

• Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors
• Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act

Summary

Criminal penalties to health care providers, parents, and guardians for providing GAC to minors

Curator notes

Kentucky's Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act (Family Policy Alliance)

Sponsors

7 sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Savannah Maddox	Republican	Representative	HD-061	Primary sponsor
Shane Baker	Republican	Representative	HD-085	Co-sponsor
Josh Calloway	Republican	Representative	HD-010	Co-sponsor
Melinda Prunty	Republican	Representative	HD-015	Co-sponsor
Scott Sharp	Republican	Representative	HD-100	Co-sponsor
Nancy Tate	Republican	Representative	HD-027	Co-sponsor
Walker Thomas	Republican	Representative	HD-008	Co-sponsor

Model-bill lineage

Model-bill templates this bill matches

• Help Not Harm 2.0 Near-verbatim
• SAFE Act (AR HB1570 as introduced) Derived
• JUST FACTs Act Shares provisions This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.

Bill family

Part of a family of 3 similar bills in one state. View the family.

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