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March 29, 2023

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Kentucky enacted SB150 banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting transgender students

On March 29, 2023, the Kentucky General Assembly overrode Gov. Andy Beshear's veto to enact Senate Bill 150, which bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors and restricts transgender students' access to restrooms, school instruction on gender identity, and use of their chosen pronouns. The Senate voted 29-8 and the House 76-23 to override the veto, making Kentucky the twelfth state to ban such care. The law was enrolled as Kentucky Acts Chapter 132.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed HB2007, banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors

On March 29, 2023, West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed House Bill 2007 into law, prohibiting physicians from providing hormone therapy, puberty blockers, or gender-reassignment surgery to anyone under 18 for the purpose of gender transition. The law included a narrow exception permitting puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors diagnosed with severe gender dysphoria by two providers and assessed to be at risk of self-harm, with parental consent. It was set to take effect in January 2024.