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Senate amends HB54 to add bans on puberty blockers for minors and bar state funding for gender-affirming care; amendments pass after heated debate
Summary
Lawmakers amended House Bill 54 on Feb. 10 to add language prohibiting puberty blockers for minors and to bar use of state funds for gender-affirming care; both amendments passed by recorded votes (30–18). The measures provoked extended partisan debate over medical discretion, parental rights and state funding.
The Georgia Senate on Feb. 10 debated and adopted amendments to the senate substitute of House Bill 54, a health-care bill originally focused on advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and home health services. Floor amendments added prohibitions on puberty blockers for minors and barred state funds or state facilities from being used for gender-affirming care.
Senator (author, speaker 34), the amendment sponsor, said amendment 1 would insert four words "relating to puberty blockers" into existing law and argued the change closes what the sponsor described as a gap in prior statutes regulating treatment of minors with gender dysphoria. The sponsor told colleagues the measure "adds in…
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