Text of UT HB 193 (2026)

01-08 14:52 H.B. 193 1 Transgender Medical Procedures Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nicholeen P. Peck Senate Sponsor: 2 3 LONG TITLE 4 General Description: 5 This bill prohibits public funding for certain transgender medical treatments and procedures. 6 Highlighted Provisions: 7 This bill: 8 ▸ prohibits the use of public funds to pay for the performance of certain transgender 9 medical treatments or procedures; and 10 ▸ makes technical changes. 11 Money Appropriated in this Bill: 12 None 13 Other Special Clauses: 14 None 15 Utah Code Sections Affected: 16 AMENDS: 17 63G-29-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 438 18 ENACTS: 19 63G-29-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953 20 21 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: 22 Section 1. Section 63G-29-101 is amended to read: 23 CHAPTER 29. Limitations on Government 24 63G-29-101 . Definitions. 25 As used in this chapter: 26 (1)(a) "Governmental entity" means: 27 (i) the state; 28 (ii) a county, city, town, school district, special district, special service district, or 29 other political subdivision of the state; or 30 (iii) an independent entity. H.B. 193 H.B. 193 01-08 14:52 31 (b) "Governmental entity" includes an agency, bureau, office, department, division, 32 board, commission, institution, laboratory, or other instrumentality of an entity 33 described in Subsection (1)(a). 34 (2) "Independent entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63E-1-102. 35 (3) "Members of a person's social network" means the people a person authorizes to be part 36 of the person's social media communications and network. 37 (4) "Public funds" means the same as that term is defined in Section 51-7-3. 38 [(4)] (5)(a) "Social credit score" means a numeric, alphanumeric, or alphabetic value or 39 other categorization assigned to a person based on: 40 (i) the person's: 41 (A) compliance or noncompliance with government guidance; 42 (B) social media post; 43 (C) participation or membership in a lawful club, association, or union; 44 (D) political affiliation; or 45 (E) employment industry or employer; or 46 (ii) the identity of the members of the person's social network. 47 (b) "Social credit score" does not include: 48 (i) a consumer report as defined in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681a; 49 (ii) compliance or noncompliance with statute, administrative rule, or other law; or 50 (iii) a numeric, alphanumeric, or alphabetic value or other categorization assigned to 51 a person for: 52 (A) purposes of education, training, or job performance assessment; 53 (B) purposes of a contest or competition; 54 (C) purposes of hiring a prospective employee or independent contractor; 55 (D) purposes of issuance or taking an action against a professional license, 56 certification, registration, or permit; 57 (E) purposes of a professional or tax audit; or 58 (F) use by a financial institution or an affiliate of a financial institution regulated 59 under Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 6801 et seq., to 60 determine risk of loss, impairment, or default. 61 Section 2. Section 63G-29-301 is enacted to read: 62 Part 3. Limitations on Use of Public Funds 63 63G-29-301 . Public funding for transgender treatment or procedure prohibited. 64 A governmental entity may not expend public funds to pay or otherwise reimburse, - 2 - 01-08 14:52 H.B. 193 65 either directly or indirectly, any person for the performance of: 66 (1) hormonal transgender treatment as defined in Section 58-1-603; 67 (2) a primary sex characteristic surgical procedure as defined in Section 58-67-102; or 68 (3) a secondary sex change characteristic surgical procedure as defined in Section 58-67-102. 69 Section 3. Effective Date. 70 This bill takes effect on May 6, 2026. - 3 -