Text of UT HB 521 (2025)

02-18 09:59 H.B. 521 1 Transgender Medical Procedures Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nicholeen P. Peck Senate Sponsor: 2 3 LONG TITLE 4 General Description: 5 This bill addresses public funding for transgender medical treatments and procedures. 6 Highlighted Provisions: 7 This bill: 8 ▸ prohibits the use of public funds to pay or otherwise reimburse for the performance of 9 specified transgender medical treatments and procedures; and 10 ▸ makes technical and conforming 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 (1)(a) "Governmental entity" means: 26 (i) the state; 27 (ii) a county, city, town, school district, special district, special service district, or 28 other political subdivision of the state; or 29 (iii) an independent entity. 30 (b) "Governmental entity" includes an agency, bureau, office, department, division, H.B. 521 H.B. 521 02-18 09:59 31 board, commission, institution, laboratory, or other instrumentality of an entity 32 described in Subsection (1)(a). 33 (2) "Independent entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63E-1-102. 34 (3) "Members of a person's social network" means the people a person authorizes to be part 35 of the person's social media communications and network. 36 (4) "Public funds" means the same as that term is defined in Section 51-7-3. 37 [(4)] (5)(a) "Social credit score" means a numeric, alphanumeric, or alphabetic value or 38 other categorization assigned to a person based on: 39 (i) the person's: 40 (A) compliance or noncompliance with government guidance; 41 (B) social media post; 42 (C) participation or membership in a lawful club, association, or union; 43 (D) political affiliation; or 44 (E) employment industry or employer; or 45 (ii) the identity of the members of the person's social network. 46 (b) "Social credit score" does not include: 47 (i) a consumer report as defined in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681a; 48 (ii) compliance or noncompliance with statute, administrative rule, or other law; or 49 (iii) a numeric, alphanumeric, or alphabetic value or other categorization assigned to 50 a person for: 51 (A) purposes of education, training, or job performance assessment; 52 (B) purposes of a contest or competition; 53 (C) purposes of hiring a prospective employee or independent contractor; 54 (D) purposes of issuance or taking an action against a professional license, 55 certification, registration, or permit; 56 (E) purposes of a professional or tax audit; or 57 (F) use by a financial institution or an affiliate of a financial institution regulated 58 under Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 6801 et seq., to 59 determine risk of loss, impairment, or default. 60 Section 2. Section 63G-29-301 is enacted to read: 61 Part 3. Limitations on Uses of Public Funds 62 63G-29-301 . Public funding for transgender procedures prohibited. 63 A governmental entity may not expend public funds to pay or otherwise reimburse, 64 either directly or indirectly, any person for the performance of: - 2 - 02-18 09:59 H.B. 521 65 (1) hormonal transgender treatment as defined in Section 58-1-603; 66 (2) a primary sex characteristic surgical procedure as defined in Section 58-67-102; or 67 (3) a secondary sex change characteristic surgical procedure as defined in Section 58-67-102. 68 Section 3. Effective Date. 69 This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025. - 3 -