Prohibit Conversion Therapy for A Minor
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2019 Regular Session |
Concerning prohibiting a mental health care provider from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient under eighteen years of age.
Bill Summary:
Physicians - mental health care providers - conversion therapy for minors prohibited - disciplinary action. The act prohibits a licensed physician specializing in psychiatry or a licensed, certified, or registered mental health care provider from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient under 18 years of age. A licensee who engages in these practices is subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing board. "Conversion therapy" means efforts to change an individual's sexual orientation, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.
Specified provisions of the act are contingent upon House Bill 19-1172 becoming law.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Prime Sponsors
Representative
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
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Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 02/14/2019 | PA1 |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/05/2019 | Senate Amendments | REPASS |
43
AYE
21
NO
1
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| 04/05/2019 | Senate Amendments | CONCUR |
47
AYE
17
NO
1
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| 02/19/2019 | Third Reading | BILL |
42
AYE
20
NO
2
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/25/2019 | Third Reading | BILL |
21
AYE
13
NO
1
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 05/31/2019 | Governor | Governor Signed |
| 05/09/2019 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 05/09/2019 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 05/09/2019 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 04/05/2019 | Senate | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
| 04/05/2019 | House | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
| 03/28/2019 | Senate | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/01/2019 |
| 03/28/2019 | House | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/01/2019 |
| 03/28/2019 | Senate | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily |
| 03/28/2019 | House | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily |
| 03/26/2019 | House | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/27/2019 |
| 03/26/2019 | Senate | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/27/2019 |
| 03/25/2019 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 03/22/2019 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 03/21/2019 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor |
| 03/18/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 02/20/2019 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
| 02/19/2019 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 02/15/2019 | House | House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 02/13/2019 | House | House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 01/24/2019 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services |