HB2007 S JUD AMT #1 3-6

Smith  7883

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2007— A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-3-20; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-14-17, all relating to prohibiting certain medical practices; providing definitions; providing that allopathic and osteopathic physicians may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery or gender altering medication as defined herein to a person who is under eighteen years of age; providing criteria for certain limited exceptions to this rule;  exempting from the prohibition physicians treating persons who began sex reassignment prior to the effective date of the legislation; and establishing an internal effective date of January 1, 2024.

Adopted

Rejected